Stierlin sign

Stier·lin sign

(shtēr'lin), repeated emptying of the cecum, seen radiographically, with barium remaining in the terminal part of the ileum and in the transverse colon; due to irritation of the cecum, sometimes caused by tuberculous cecitis (typhilitis).

Stierlin,

Eduard, German surgeon, 1878-1919. Stierlin sign - repeated emptying of the cecum seen radiographically.