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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2018; 76(06): 421-423
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20180050
HISTORICAL NOTE

Lazarević-Lasègue sign

Sinal de Lazarević-Lasègue
Péricles Maranhão-Filho
1   Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil;
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Maurice Vincent
2   Neuroscience Research, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, USA.
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ABSTRACT

Charles Lasègue is reputed to have described the test/sign bearing his name, but he never wrote about it and misinterpreted its mechanism. The purpose of this note is to highlight the work of the Serbian, Laza Lazarević, who was first to present the original report of this seminal sign in sciatica and provide its appropriate pathophysiological interpretation.

RESUMO

Charles Lasègue guarda a reputação de ter descrito o sinal que leva seu nome, mas nunca escreveu sobre isso e interpretava erradamente sua etiopatogenia. O propósito desta nota é chamar atenção para o trabalho do sérvio Laza Lazarević, que apresentou a descrição original do sinal mais importante na ciatalgia e forneceu a interpretação apropriada da sua fisiopatologia.

Lasègue’s sign - Lazarević’s sign - sciatica
Sinal de Lasègue - sinal de Lazarević - ciática


Publication History

Received: 28 November 2017

Accepted: 14 March 2018

Article published online:
25 August 2023

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