Medicine:Howship–Romberg sign
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Howship–Romberg sign | |
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Differential diagnosis | obturator hernia |
The Howship–Romberg sign is inner thigh pain on internal rotation of the hip. It can be caused by an obturator hernia.[1][2][3] It is named for John Howship and Moritz Heinrich Romberg.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Obturator hernia in an ageing society". Ann. Acad. Med. Singap. 36 (6): 413–5. June 2007. PMID 17597966. http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/36VolNo6Jun2007/V36N6p413.pdf.
- ↑ "Photo Quiz - April 1, 1999 - American Academy of Family Physicians". http://www.aafp.org/afp/990401ap/photo.html.
- ↑ "Howship-Romberg sign caused by an obturator hernia". Am. J. Surg. 187 (6): 775–6. June 2004. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.10.020. PMID 15191874.
- ↑ synd/1579 at Who Named It?
- ↑ J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.
- ↑ M. H. von Romberg. Pathologie und Therapie der Senisbilitäts- und Motilitätsneurosen. 1857. 3rd edition (unfinished) of Romberg’s Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen, page 89.
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