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Aaron's sign
Associated persons:
Charles Dettie Aaron
Description:
A referred pain or feeling of distress in region of heart or stomach upon continuous firm pressure over McBurney's point, in appendicitis.
Bibliography:
- C. D. Aaron:
A sign indicative of chronic appendicitis.
Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1913, 60: 350-351.
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