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Hess' test (medicine)


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Rumpel-Leede test


A tourniquet test for capillary fragility, often positive in the presence of severe thrombocytopenia.

See: capillary fragility test.

Synonym: bandage sign, Hess' test, Rumpel-Leede sign.