Fothergill's sign
Medical condition
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| Differential diagnosis | Rectus sheath hematoma |
Fothergill's sign is a medical sign. If a mass in the abdominal wall does not cross midline and does not change with flexion of the rectus muscles, this is a positive sign for a rectus sheath hematoma.
It is named for English obstetrician William Edward Fothergill, who described features of rectus sheath hematomas in a 1926 article in the British Medical Journal entitled "Haematoma in the abdominal wall simulating pelvic new growth".
In rectus sheath haematoma, the haematoma produces a mass that does not cross the midline and remains palpable when the rectus muscle is tense.
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Signs and symptoms relating to the human digestive system or abdomen
tract
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Heartburn
- Aerophagia
- Pica
- Trichophagia
- Pagophagia
- Geophagia
- Dysphagia
- oropharyngeal
- esophageal
- Odynophagia
- Bad breath
- Xerostomia
- Hypersalivation
- Burping
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