Pectoriloquy
Medical condition
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Differential diagnosis | pneumonia |
Pectoriloquy is the increased resonance of the voice through the lung structures, so that it is clearly comprehensible using a stethoscope on the chest. It usually indicates consolidation of the underlying lung parenchyma.[1]
Types include egophony and bronchophony.[2]
See also
- Whispered pectoriloquy
- Vocal fremitus
References
- ^ Orient, Jane M.; Sapira, Joseph D. (2010). Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9781605474113.
- ^ "pectoriloquy" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
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Signs and symptoms relating to the respiratory system
- Stethoscope
- Respiratory sounds
- Stridor
- Wheeze
- Crackles
- Rhonchi
- Stertor
- Squawk
- Pleural friction rub
- Fremitus
- Bronchophony
- Death rattle
- Elicited findings
- Percussion
- Pectoriloquy
- Whispered pectoriloquy
- Egophony
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