Parrot's sign

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Parrot's sign (after Dr Jules Marie Parrot, 1839–1883) is an indicator of meningitis. It is the creation of pain with applied pressure to the retromandibular region of the head.^{[citation needed]} According to one source,^[1] it may be a pupillary reflex elicited by skin pinch.

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