Rosenstein's sign

Rosenstein's sign, also known as Sitkovskiy sign is a sign of acute appendicitis.[1]

Rosenstein's sign
Differential diagnosis	acute appendicitis

It is observed, when tenderness in the right lower quadrant increases when the patient moves from the supine position to a recumbent posture on the left side.[2]

Etymology

The sign is named after the almost forgotten Jewish German physician and director of The Jewish Hospital, Berlin, Paul Rosenstein (1875–1964). Sitkovskiy's symptom[3] is the equivalent symptom.

References

Sachdeva, Anupam; Dutta, AK (31 August 2012). Advances in Pediatrics. JP Medical Ltd. p. 1432. ISBN 978-93-5025-777-7.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis JMAJ 46(5): 217–221, 2003 Hiroshi ISHIKAWA
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Symptoms and signs: digestive system and abdomen (R10–R19, 787,789)
Upper	Nausea Vomiting Heartburn Aerophagia Dysphagia oropharyngeal esophageal Odynophagia Halitosis Xerostomia Hypersalivation Burping Wet burp
Defaecation	Flatulence Fecal incontinence Encopresis Blood: Fecal occult blood Rectal tenesmus Constipation Obstructed defecation Diarrhea Rectal discharge Psoas sign Obturator sign Rovsing's sign Hamburger sign Heel tap sign Aure-Rozanova's sign Dunphy sign Alder's sign Lockwood's sign Rosenstein's sign
Abdomen	Abdominal pain Acute abdomen Colic Baby colic Abdominal guarding Rebound tenderness Abdominal distension Bloating Ascites Tympanites Shifting dullness Bulging flanks Fluid wave test Abdominal mass Hepatosplenomegaly Hepatomegaly Splenomegaly Jaundice Mallet-Guy sign Puddle sign

Eponymous medical signs for digestive system and abdomen

Digestive
system

Gastrointestinal tract	Goodsall's rule Chilaiditi syndrome intussusception: Dance's sign Lockwood's sign appendicitis: Aaron's sign Arapov's sign (contracture) Dunphy sign Markle sign McBurney's point Rosenstein's sign Rovsing's sign Sherren's triangle Aure-Rozanova's sign Alder's sign pancreatitis Mallet-Guy sign Radiologic signs: Hampton's line Klemm's sign
Accessory	liver: Councilman body Mallory body biliary: Boas' sign Courvoisier's law Charcot's cholangitis triad/Reynolds' pentad cholecystitis (Murphy's sign Lépine's sign Mirizzi's syndrome) Nardi test

Abdominopelvic

Peritoneum	Blumberg sign Rigler's sign Cupola sign
Hernia	Howship–Romberg sign Hannington-Kiff sign
Other	Fothergill's sign Carnett's sign

Abdominal
general

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