Gordon's sign

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Gordon's sign
Differential diagnosisPyramidal tract lesions

Gordon's sign is a clinical sign in which squeezing the calf muscle elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]

The sign is named after Alfred Gordon.[2]

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