Boas' point

Boas' point is an area of tenderness to palpation to the left of the 12th thoracic vertebra found in some patients with gastric ulcer.

Boas' point
Differential diagnosisGastric ulcer

This medical sign is named after Ismar Isidor Boas.


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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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