Open AccessTo the symptomatology of acute appendicitis and acute abdominal effusions
Author(s) -
Alejo Gabay
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj75811
Subject(s) - palpation , appendicitis , medicine , acute appendicitis , abdominal pain , acute abdominal pain , general surgery , surgery
Back in 1920, Blumberg described a diagnostic symptom of acute appendicitis, consisting of a sharp abdominal pain with rapid withdrawal of fingers palpating the right iliac region, and this pain is much sharper than that noted during palpation itself. Bloomberg explains his symptom by involving the peritoneal cover in the inflammatory process.