The hamburger sign is used in the diagnosis of
appendicitis
Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. Symptoms commonly include right lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and decreased appetite. However, approximately 40% of people do not have these typical symptoms. Severe complications of a rup ...
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The sign is used to rule out that disease, with the physician inquiring if the patient would like to consume his/her favourite food.
If a patient wants to eat, consider a diagnosis other than appendicitis.
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. ''Anorexia'' is a term of Gre ...
is 80%
sensitive for appendicitis.
A positive hamburger sign is demonstrated by a patient declining food.
See also
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Blumberg's sign
Blumberg's sign (also referred to as rebound tenderness or Shchetkin–Blumberg's sign) is a clinical sign in which there is pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen. (The latter is referred to simply as '' ...
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Obturator sign
The obturator sign, also called Cope's obturator test, is an indicator of irritation to the obturator internus muscle.
The technique for detecting the obturator sign, called the ''obturator test'', is carried out on each leg in succession. The p ...
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Psoas sign
The psoas sign, also known as Cope's sign (or Cope's psoas test) or Obraztsova's sign, is a medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is ret ...
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Rovsing's sign
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McBurney's point
McBurney's point is the name given to the point over the right side of the abdomen that is one-third of the distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus (navel). This is near the most common location of the appendix.
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Diseases of appendix
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