Rosenstein's sign

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

Rosenstein's sign
Differential diagnosisacute 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]

EtymologyEdit

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. 


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