Rosenstein's sign, also known as Sitkovskiy sign, is a

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of acute

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. It is observed when tenderness in the right lower quadrant increases when the patient moves from the

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to a recumbent posture on the left side.

Etymology

The sign is named after the almost forgotten

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German physician and director of The Jewish Hospital, Berlin, Paul Rosenstein (1875–1964). Sitkovskiy's symptom is the equivalent symptom.

References

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