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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.
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An abdominal examination is a portion of the physical examination which a physician or nurse uses to clinically observe the abdomen of a patient for signs of disease. The abdominal examination is conventionally split into four different stages: first, inspection of the patient and the visible characteristics of their abdomen.
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Diagnosis through laparoscopy can also be done to distinguish between acute appendicitis and Valentino's syndrome. [ citation needed ] Since there has been very few cases of Valentino's syndrome recorded to this day, [ 4 ] most studies on this condition include observations of the patient from onset to recovery and on site medical decision making.
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.
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 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).