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A patient presents with nausea, vomiting, and fever for one day. She describes periumbilical abdominal pain which has settled in her right lower quadrant. On examination she has right lower quadrant pain with deep left lower quadrant palpation. This finding is known as which of the following? A. Psoas sign B. Rebound tenderness C. Rovsing's sign D. Obturator sign

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According to the given description and findings, it would be correct to say that this is the Rovsing's sign.


The Rovsing's sign is the name given to the phenomenon of decreased or absent bowel sounds in a patient's right lower quadrant on palpation with deep left lower quadrant palpation. This is a sign of possible internal bleeding or inflammation in the right lower abdomen. This sign can be found in patients presenting with periumbilical abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever, as in the given scenario.
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