Taber's Medical Dictionary
Chvostek sign
(vos′tek, kvos′ )
[Franz Chvostek, Austrian surgeon, 1835-1884]
A spasm of the facial muscles following a tap on the facial nerve; seen in hypocalcemic tetany.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Chvostek Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/0/Chvostek_sign.
Chvostek sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/0/Chvostek_sign. Accessed May 5, 2025.
Chvostek sign. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/0/Chvostek_sign
Chvostek Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/0/Chvostek_sign.
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