Beevor's sign

Beevor's sign
Differential diagnosisspinal cord injury

Beevor's sign is medical sign in which the navel moves towards the head upon flexing the neck, indicating selective weakness of the lower abdominal muscles.[1] Causes include spinal cord injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

  1. ^ Pearce JM (2005). "Beevor's sign". Eur. Neurol. 53 (4): 208–9. doi:10.1159/000086731. PMID 16015010.
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