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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.
↑ in neurological symptoms with exercise or other increase in body temperature Unterberger test: Siegfried Unterberger: neurology, ENT: vestibular lesions: patient walks in place with eyes closed;direction of rotation indicates vestibular lesion on that side Virchow's node: Rudolf Virchow: internal medicine, oncology
Rovsing married Marie Emilie Raaschou (23 March 1864 - 17 December 1930), a daughter of wine merchant Hans Georg Raaschou (1827–1901) and Villumine Caroline Andrea Nielsen (1838–1916), on 30 April 1890 in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. Rovsing was forced to retire in 1926 due to heart disease, and developed laryngeal cancer.
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A physical examination that is positive for abdominal pain categorized as McBurney's point tenderness, Blumberg's sign, Rovsing's sign, Dunphy's sign and psoas sign, could all indicate acute appendicitis and lead to misdiagnosis. [citation needed] However, these physical examination findings are also present in Valentino's Syndrome.
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