Bland Rounds

Today while working a shift in the emergency room I was pimped* on “throckmorton’s sign”. Having never heard of it, I was told to go home and look it up.

Throckmorton Sign: THE PENIS POINTS TO THE PATHOLOGY

Example (courtesy http://www.radswiki.net):

“The penis points to an enchondroma in a patient with Maffucci syndrome”

Medicine: serious business.

* Pimping: (verb) The act whereby students are quizzed on minutiae and medical trivia during rounds or class (i.e. “Which 19th Century Prussian scientist discovered?”). This activity is usually reserved for the Attending or residents and fellows with attitude.