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The obturator sign, also called Cope's obturator test, is an indicator of irritation to the obturator internus muscle. [1] The technique for detecting the obturator sign, called the obturator test, is carried out on each leg in succession. The patient lies on her/his back with the hip and knee both flexed at ninety degrees.
Rovsing's sign, named after the Danish surgeon Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862–1927), [1] is a sign of appendicitis. If palpation of the left lower quadrant of a person's abdomen increases the pain felt in the right lower quadrant, the patient is said to have a positive Rovsing's sign and may have appendicitis.
Heel tap sign, also called heel-jar or jar tenderness, is a clinical sign to identify appendicitis. It is found in patients with localized peritonitis . With the patient supine the right heel is elevated by 10-20 degrees is hit firmly with palm of the examiner's hand.
Hamburger sign. Almost every case of acute appendicitis starts with abdominal pain. In a typical case, the pain starts in the belly button and then migrates to the right lower quadrant. In some ...
Aure-Rozanova's sign: Increased pain on palpation with a finger in the right inferior lumbar triangle (can be a positive Blumberg's sign). [ 41 ] Bartomier-Michelson's sign : Increased pain on palpation at the right iliac region as the person being examined lies on their left side compared to when they lie on their back.
Appendicitis or peritonitis: Psoas sign – pain with extension of the hip and tensing of the psoas muscle [18] Obturator sign – pain when tensing the obturator muscle [18] Rovsing's sign – pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant on palpation of the left side of the abdomen [18] McBurney's sign – deep tenderness at McBurney's point [18]
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The psoas sign, also known as Cope's sign (or Cope's psoas test [1]) or Obraztsova's sign, [2] is a medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is retrocaecal in orientation (as the iliopsoas muscle is retroperitoneal).