Traditional Kehr's sign: Left shoulder pain related to splenic abscess


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SÖYÜNCÜ S., Bektas F., ÇETE Y.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.87-88, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Kehr's sign was originally described by the German surgeon Hans Kehr (1862-1916). It is a classical example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signaled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the clavicle. We present a case of a 21-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department with the chief complaint of left shoulder pain related to splenic abscess.