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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov 8;183(16):E1221.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.101548. Epub 2011 May 24.

Cullen and Grey Turner signs in idiopathic perirenal hemorrhage

Kun-Ming Chung  1 , Shih-Sung Chuang
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Case Reports

Cullen and Grey Turner signs in idiopathic perirenal hemorrhage

Kun-Ming Chung et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Periumbilical ecchymosis (Cullen sign) and (B) connecting patches of ecchymosis on the left flank (Grey Turner sign) in a 47-year-old man with sudden onset of left-flank pain.
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