Wartenberg symptom

War·ten·berg symp·tom

(wahr'ten-berg), absent or decreased normal associated movements of the upper limb when walking in association with upper motor neuron disease; and abduction of the fifth digit with ulnar neuropathies.

War·ten·berg symp·tom

(vahr'ten-berg simp'tŏm) 1. Flexion of the thumb when the patient attempts to flex the four fingers against resistance, a "pyramid sign." 2. Intense pruritus of the tip of the nose and nostrils in cases of cerebral tumor.

Wartenberg,

Robert, German neurologist, 1887-1956. Wartenberg signWartenberg symptom - intense pruritus of the tip of the nose and nostrils in cases of cerebral tumor.