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Higouménakis' sign
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<p>Higouménakis' sign is a unilateral enlargement of the sternoclavicular portion of the right <a href="/facts/Clavicle/YWNjLv6s">clavicle</a>, seen in <a href="/facts/Congenital_syphilis/5oCKt60X">congenital syphilis</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Medical_sign/BzP6MrTN">sign</a> was named for <a href="/facts/George_Higoumenakis/BTPEtHLJ">George Higoumenakis</a>, who first described it in 1927 in the Greek periodical <i>Proceedings of the Medical Society of Athens</i> (Πρακτικά Ιατρικής Εταιρείας Αθηνών). He subsequently published the description of the sign in a German article, making it more known among <a href="/facts/Dermatologist/YfvJ8uXn">dermatologists</a>. </p>