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In medicine, Murphy's sign (also known as Sweeney’s sign) is a maneuver during a physical examination as part of the abdominal examination. [1] It is useful for differentiating pain in the right upper quadrant. Typically, it is positive in cholecystitis, but negative in choledocholithiasis, pyelonephritis, and ascending cholangitis.
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.
Rovsing's sign: Niels Thorkild Rovsing: general surgery: appendicitis: Rovsing's sign at Who Named It? palpation of LLQ elicits pain in RLQ Rumpel–Leede sign: Theodor Rumpel, Carl Stockbridge Leede: haematology: capillary fragility: Rumpel-Leede test at Who Named It? petechiae seen after compression by tourniquet Russell's sign: Gerald ...
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] Carnett's sign – pain when tensing the abdominal wall muscles; Patafio's sign – pain when the patient is asked to cough whilst tensing the psoas muscle
McBurney's point is named after American surgeon Charles McBurney (1845–1913). [1] [6] McBurney himself did not locate his point in a precise way in his original article.The seat of greatest pain, determined by the pressure of one finger, has been very exactly between an inch and a half and two inches from the anterior spinous process of the ilium on a straight line drawn from that process ...
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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.
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