Stimson line is one of the symptoms of measles, characterized by transverse line of inflammation along the eyelid margin.[1]
Stimson line | |
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Differential diagnosis | measles |
Eponym edit
It is named after Philip Moen Stimson (1888–1971), an American pediatrician who characterized it in 1926.
References edit
- ^ Nelson Essentials of Pediatric Medicine