Steinmann Symptom

The Steinmann sign is one of the symptoms that characterize pleural effusion and distinguish it from interlobular effusion and effusions in the mediastinum with bronchogenic carcinoma.

Steinmann syndrome is one of the most sensitive and specific diagnostic symptoms for detecting blood collections in the pleura. Named after Hugo C. Steinman. An important condition for the full development of the syndrome is the presence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum (usually on the right side). The syndrome is a typical symptom complex, manifested by pain in the right shoulder (hernia of the last ribs), without signs of intoxication, paradoxical expansion of the pulse and regular percussion borders of the lungs on the right. As a rule, it occurs with open pleural effusion. In the absence of pneumothorox, there is no complete clinical picture. A characteristic feature of the Steinmanikov symptom is the independent displacement of the diseased part of the lungs, and in the case of pneumothorox of the right-sided lung, a right-sided decline of the abdominal cavity is obtained, often accompanied by an upper skew of the diaphragm that is constant in relation to the pupils of the eyes. When sind