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bronchophony
Procedure:
- with your stethoscope, listen over symmetrical areas over the chest wall
- ask the patient to say 'ninety-nine'.
Clinical manifestations:
- spoken words generally muffled & indistinctly heard in the air-filled lungs
- with pulmonary consolidation, they are heard distinctly & sound close to the ear
Specific
egophony
General
sign/symptom
References
- DeGowin & DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 6th edition,
RL DeGowin (ed), McGraw Hill, NY 1994, pg 306
- Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking, 6th edition,
Bates B, JB Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1995, pg 247