Open AccessThe importance of inspection in clinical cardiology: Frank's sign
Author(s) -
Bazoukis George,
Papadatos Stamatis S.,
Varrias Dimitrios,
Tse Gary
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6150
Subject(s) - medicine , earlobe , emergency department , myocardial infarction , sign (mathematics) , auricle , epigastric pain , cardiology , surgery , radiology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , psychiatry , vomiting
The Frank's sign (FS) is a diagonal earlobe crease running from the tragus to the edge of the auricle. In this case, we describe a 71 years‐old male patient with FS who presented to the emergency department complaining of epigastric pain. A non‐ST elevation myocardial infarction was diagnosed.
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