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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.
Murphy's sign is the inspiratory arrest that occurs upon palpation of the right upper quadrant during a deep breath. Fever makes the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis much more likely than simple biliary colic.
4 cze 2024 · Murphy’s sign refers to the feeling of pain in the upper-right abdomen during breathing when a diagnosing physician is pushing down just underneath the ribcage. According to a 2012 paper, an...
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9 sie 2023 · if the touch of the organ by the two fingers will exacerbate the pain, so that the patient will abruptly stop inhaling, Murphy’s sign is positive, indicating the probable presence of cholecystitis or calculi, otherwise Murphy’s sign it is negative. What does positive Murphy’s sign mean?
15 cze 2016 · Sonographic Murphy sign was absent, and there was no pericholecystic fluid collection. There was no extra or intrahepatic biliary system dilatation. Gallbladder malignancy/adenomyomatosis with cholelithiasis was considered as the probable diagnosis; in view of absence of acute inflammatory features, cholecystitis was considered unlikely.
