Ten Horn's sign

Ten Horn's sign is a clinical sign used for diagnosing appendicitis, particularly in older adults.^[1]

Method

The patient lies on a couch. The examiner gently stretches the right spermatic cord using the thumb and index finger right about the testis in the right scrotum. For a patient with appendicitis, this causes pain in the right iliac fossa.^[2] The traction of spermatic cord is thought to cause right iliac fossa pain due to the apposition of the gonadal vessels against an inflamed appendix.^[2] The sensitivity and specificity of the Ten Horn's sign is unknown.

History

This sign was proposed by Carel Hendrik Leo Herman ten Horn (1884–1964).^[2]

References

^ M.D, Mark E. Williams (21 June 2010). Geriatric Physical Diagnosis: A Guide to Observation and Assessment. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5160-9. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rastogi, Vaibhav; Singh, Devina; Tekiner, Halil; Ye, Fan; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Steven H. (2019). "Abdominal Physical Signs and Medical Eponyms: Part II. Physical Examination of Palpation, 1907–1926". Clinical Medicine & Research. 17 (1–2): 47–54. doi:10.3121/cmr.2018.1426. ISSN 1539-4182. PMC 6546280. PMID 31160480.

[1] M.D, Mark E. Williams (21 June 2010). Geriatric Physical Diagnosis: A Guide to Observation and Assessment. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5160-9. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[history-2] Rastogi, Vaibhav; Singh, Devina; Tekiner, Halil; Ye, Fan; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Steven H. (2019). "Abdominal Physical Signs and Medical Eponyms: Part II. Physical Examination of Palpation, 1907–1926". Clinical Medicine & Research. 17 (1–2): 47–54. doi:10.3121/cmr.2018.1426. ISSN 1539-4182. PMC 6546280. PMID 31160480.

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