Bruzinski sign

The leg lift test is also known as karnig sign. The patient was lying on his back with his legs straight and his neck flexed suddenly, and the lower limbs were flexed and his leg was contracted. All subarachnoid infections (meningitis, encephalitis, etc.); bleeding, etc. can be positive, but negative in deep coma.

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