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  2. Psoas sign - Wikipedia

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    A positive psoas sign may also be present in a patient with a psoas abscess. It may also be positive with other sources of retroperitoneal irritation, e.g. as caused by hemorrhage of an iliac vessel. It was introduced by Zachary Cope (1881–1974), an English surgeon. [4] [5]

  3. Thomas test - Wikipedia

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    This constitutes a positive Thomas test. [2] Sometimes, with a very flexible patient, the Thomas test will be normal despite a psoas dysfunction being present. However, in the patient with a normal hip joint, a positive test is a good indicator of psoas hypertonicity. [2] Other signs from the Thomas test:

  4. Appendicitis - Wikipedia

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    A positive test is pain with internal rotation of the hip. [44] Psoas sign, also known as "Obraztsova's sign", is right lower-quadrant pain that is produced with either the passive extension of the right hip or by the active flexion of the person's right hip while supine. The pain that is elicited is due to inflammation of the peritoneum ...

  5. Obturator sign - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Intra-abdominal infection - Wikipedia

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    In case of appendicitis, signs such as fever, positive psoas sign, migration of pain from umbilicus to the right iliac fossa increases the likelihood of the disease; while signs such as vomiting before the pain reduces its likelihood to occur. [2]

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  9. Rovsing's sign - Wikipedia

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    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.