Medicine:Dunphy's sign

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Short description: Abdominal pain upon coughing, indicative of appendicitis
Dunphy's sign
Differential diagnosisAppendicitis

Dunphy's sign is a medical sign characterized by increased abdominal pain with coughing. It may be an indicator of appendicitis.[1] Named after Osborne Joby Dunphy (1898–1989), a British-American physician.[2][3]

References

  1. Sachdeva, Anupam; Dutta, AK (31 August 2012). Advances in Pediatrics. JP Medical Ltd. pp. 1432. ISBN 978-93-5025-777-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=I2FHFyCaDeIC&pg=PA1432. 
  2. RxPG. "Eponyms - D Eponyms". http://www.rxpgonline.com/article-704-nested-0-0.html. 
  3. Small V (2008) Surgical emergencies. In Dolan B and Holt L (eds) Accident and Emergency: Theory into Practice, 2nd edition. Elsevier.