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Berry's sign

In goiter, the carotid artery may be pushed posteriorly by the enlarged thyroid and this is called displacement. When the infiltration of the carotid by the tumor, the carotid pulse will be absent on that side. This is absent carotid pulse is called Berry's sign.

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