Chapter 17 - Abdominal Signs

Question 0

Ballance

Answer 0

Fixed dullness to percussion in left flank that disappears on change of position; peritoneal irritation

Question 1

Aaron Sign

Answer 1

Pain or distress occurs in the area of the patients heart on McBurney’s point palpation; appendicitis

Question 2

Blumberg

Answer 2

Rebound tenderness; peritoneal irritation, appendicitis

Question 3

Cullen

Answer 3

Ecchymosis around umbilicus; hemoperitoneum, pancreatitis, ectopic pregnancy

Question 4

Dance

Answer 4

Absence of bowel sounds in RLQ; intussusception

Question 5

Grey Turner

Answer 5

Ecchymosis of flanks; hemoperitoneum, pancreatitis

Question 6

Kehr

Answer 6

Abdominal pain radiating to left shoulder; spleen rupture, renal calculi, ectopic pregnancy

Question 7

Markle

Answer 7

Patient stands up on tip toes and then lets heels hit the floor. Abdominal pain if positive; peritoneal irritation, appendicitis

Question 8

McBurney

Answer 8

Rebound tenderness and sharp pain when McBurney’s point is palpated; appendicitis

Question 9

Murphy

Answer 9

Abrupt cessation of inspiration on palpation of gallbladder; cholecystitis

Question 10

Romberg-Howship

Answer 10

Pain down the medial aspect of the thigh to the knees; strangulated obturator hernia

Question 11

Rovsing

Answer 11

RLQ pain intensified by LLQ abdominal palpation; peritoneal irritation, appendicitis