Grey Turner Sign Research Articles

Discolorations of flanks and abdominal wall. Nontraumatic ecchymotic manifestations.

In 1920 Mr. Gilbert Grey Turner, a British surgeon, described the ecchymotic discoloration of the flanks and abdominal wall which may be associated with acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.1,2This bruised, bluish or greenish appearance of the skin is thought to be due to extraperitoneal extravasation of hemorrhagic fluid from the inflammatory process. The sign bears its discoverer's name when it appears on the flanks and is a late and not particularly common manifestation of pancreatic necrosis and inflammation. Our interest in ecchymotic areas of the flanks and abdominal wall was first stimulated by the following patient. Case 1.— A 42-year-old housewife was admitted to the Strong Memorial Hospital in 1955 with a 3-day history of severe abdominal pain.3A greenish-brown discoloration of the skin of both flanks and the lower abdomen appeared on the second hospital day (Figs. 1 and 2). This typical Grey Turner sign, in addition to

Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis Associated with Pancreatitis and Portal Cirrhosis

Summary 1.A case of subcutaneous fat necrosis in association with pancreatitis, portal cirrhosis and cholelithiasis, is reported. 2.The extreme rarity of this condition is commented upon. It is possible that subcutaneous fat necrosis is another cutaneous manifestation of pancreatic disease, such as livedo reticularis and the Grey-Turner sign, which might be noted more frequently if a more thorough search were made.

A Grey Turner Sign not Associated with Acute Pancreatitis

A Grey Turner Sign not Associated with Acute Pancreatitis