Cullen Symptom

Cullen's symptom is a rare symptom of cervical osteochondrosis - symptoms of a lesion in the area of ​​the hernia protruding into the cavity of the spinal cord canal, numbness in the fingers, a tingling sensation along the outer edge of the palm and in the radial side of the forearm, absence of deep tendon reflexes, which occurs under the influence of heat. Named after the Swedish neurologist Edward Herman Kuller, who first described it. Sometimes the syndrome is confused with another symptom that has a similar name - cubital tunnel syndrome or cubital syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by the same symptoms: weakness, swelling and pain in the skin that is located between the elbow and wrist. Cubital tunnel syndrome occurs when the nerve supplying this area is compressed by the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra. This is a less common disease than Kulkel syndrome. It was given its name because a similar syndrome was first described in a monograph by Danish pathologist Christian Brouwer, who first mentioned a painful lymph node and the presence of the disease in sailors.