- Markle sign
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The Markle sign or jar tenderness is a clinical sign in which pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen is elicited by dropping from standing on the toes to the heels with a jarring landing. It is found in patients with localised peritonitis due to acute appendicitis.[1] It is similar to rebound tenderness, but may be easier to elicit when the patient has firm abdominal wall muscles. Abdominal pain on walking or running is an equivalent sign.[2]
References
- ^ Acute appendicitis on Medscape
- ^ Richard F. LeBlond, Richard L. DeGowin, Elmer Louis DeGowin, Jim Abel. DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, page 481. McGraw Hill Professional, 2008. ISBN 9780071478984. Google books
Eponymous medical signs for digestive system and abdomen Digestive system Goodsall's rule · Chilaiditi syndrome · intussusception: Dance's sign
appendicitis: Aaron's sign/McBurney's point · Rovsing's sign · Markle sign · Rosenstein's sign
Hampton's lineliver: Councilman body · Mallory body
biliary: Boas' sign · Courvoisier's law · Charcot's cholangitis triad/Reynolds' pentad · cholecystitis (Murphy's sign · Lépine's sign) · Nardi testAbdominopelvic Howship-Romberg sign · Hannington-Kiff signOtherAbdominal · general spleen/LUQ: Ballance's sign · Traube's sign · Castell's sign
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