Gorlin sign

In medicine, Gorlin sign is the ability to touch the tip of the nose with the tongue.^[1] Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, whereas fifty percent of people with the inherited connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, can. Not to be confused with Gorlin Syndrome; it is named for Robert J. Gorlin.^[2]

References

↑ Gorlin's sign - cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.
↑ doctor/358 at Who Named It?

It is named "Gorlin Sign" after Robert J. Gorlin.

External links

DermAtlas (from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)

Eponymous medical signs for muscles and soft tissue

Neuromuscular/ soft tissue	superior gluteal nerve weakness Trendelenburg gait Trendelenburg's sign thoracic outlet syndrome Adson's sign Wright's maneuver Gowers' sign

Collagen	Ehlers–Danlos syndrome Gorlin sign

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