Top 10 signs in gastroenterology… Dr.S.Easwaramoorthy Chairman Elect ASI TN & P Chapter
Approach to Your patient Detailed history Careful Examination Key clinical signs Appropriate investigation Holistic treatment Non operative Operative
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign
McBurney’s Sign Sign of Acute appendicitis Tenderness at McBurney’s Point which is the Junction of lateral 1/3 rd and medial 2/3 rd in the spino umblical line 1
Charles McBurney 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 to the umbilicus — Charles McBurney , "Experience with Early Operative Interference in Cases of Disease of the Vermiform Appendix“ New York Medical Journal , 1889, 50: 676–684 [pg 678].
Charles McBurney Roosevelt hospital,New York 1901
Signs of Appendicitis Rovsing sign Psoas sign Obturator sign
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign Rovsing’s Sign
Rovsing’s Sign LIF palpation causing tenderness in the RIF 2
Niels Thorkild Rovsing Danish Surgeon 1862-1927
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign Rovsing’s Sign Psoas Sign
Psoas Sign 3 Pain on hyperextension of right hip While Patient is lying left lateral with knee extended Also in Psoas abscess/ retroperitoneal bleed due to ruptured iliac vessel
Zachary Cope British Surgeon 1881-1971 Cope, Zachary; Silen , William (January 2010). Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen (22nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press . ISBN 978-0-19-973045-2
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign Rovsing’s Sign Psoas Sign Murphy’s Sign
Murphy’s Sign Sign of Acute Cholecystitis How to elicit: Place the hand below right costal margin along the mid clavicular line. Ask the patient to breath in deep Patient experiences pain at the peak of Inspiration. Moynihan’s Modification Of eliciting Murphy’s sign Using left thumb 4
Boas sign Hyperaesthesia below right scapula Ismar Isidor Boas, Germany
Murphy’s sign 2 Ask the patient to make a fist, then assess contour of MCP joints If third metacarpal is level with second and fourth metacarpals, lunate dislocation is suspected
John Benjamin Murphy Chicago, USA Surgical Genius of our Generation… William Mayo, USA
Plenty in his name! Sign Acute Cholecystitis Punch or Fist Sign of renal infarct/ pyonephrosis Triad Pain, Vomit & fever in that sequence indicative of appendicitis
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign Rovsing’s Sign Psoas Sign Murphy’s Sign Blumberg’s Sign
Blumberg Sign Rebound Tenderness Release Sign Sign of Peritonitis Pain upon removal of Pressure 5
Jacob Moritz Blumberg German Jewish Surgeon & Gynaecologist 1873-1955
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign Rovsing’s Sign Psoas Sign Murphy’s Sign Blumberg’s Sign Kehr Sign
Kehr Sign Sign of Splenic Injury Referred pain to left shoulder -Because of diaphragmatic irritation due to hemoperitoneum 6
Hans Kehr , Germany Famous biliary surgeon from Germany Popularised Cholecystectomy for Gall stones T tube for CBD repair
T tube
Top 10 signs in Gastroenterology McBurney’s Sign Rovsing’s Sign Psoas Sign Murphy’s Sign Blumberg’s Sign Kehr Sign Balance Sign
Balance Sign Sign of Splenic rupture Fixed dullness left flank and shifting dullness right flank! Due to clotted blood left flank but fluid blood right flank!! 7
Charles Alfred Balance English surgeon 1856-1936 Also known for his work in -Nerve grafting/Neurosurgical work
Cullen’s Sign Peri umbilical ecchymosis / blue discolouration Causes Ectopic pregnancy Blunt injury abdomen with hemoperitoneum Haemorrhagic pancreatitis Ruptured aortic aneurysm 9
Thomas Stphen Cullen Canadian Gynaecologist working at John Hopkins University, USA 1868-1953 Popularized extensive use of diagrams in biomedical publishing
Grey Turner’s Sign Flank ecchymosis Seen in case of Haemorrhagic pancreatitis/retro peritoneal haem 10
George Grey Turner British Surgeon (1877-1951) He also had interest in cancer research He predicted the role of chemotherapy! " We shall never overcome cancer by surgery : it will be something we will inject ".
Cullen’s sign & Grey Turner’s Sign
Cullen’s & Fox Sign Ecchymosis of thigh and inguinal region