Aaron's sign

Aaron's sign is a referred pain felt in the epigastrium upon continuous firm pressure over McBurney's point. It is indicative of appendicitis.^[1]

Aaron's sign is named for Charles Dettie Aaron, an American gastroenterologist.^[2]

References

↑ Bhat, Sriram; M, Sriram Bhat (30 December 2012). SRB's Manual of Surgery. JP Medical Ltd. p. 1277. ISBN 978-93-5025-944-3.
↑ Who Named It?

Symptoms and signs: digestive system and abdomen (R10–R19, 787,789)

Upper	Nausea Vomiting Heartburn Aerophagia Dysphagia oropharyngeal esophageal Odynophagia Halitosis Xerostomia Hypersalivation Burping Wet burp

Defaecation	Flatulence Fecal incontinence Encopresis Blood: Fecal occult blood Rectal tenesmus Constipation Obstructed defecation Diarrhea Rectal discharge Football sign Psoas sign Obturator sign Rovsing's sign Heel tap sign Aure-Rozanova's sign Dunphy sign Alder's sign Lockwood's sign Rosenstein's sign

Abdomen	Abdominal pain Acute abdomen Colic Baby colic Abdominal guarding Rebound tenderness Abdominal distension Bloating Ascites Tympanites Shifting dullness Bulging flanks Fluid wave test Abdominal mass Hepatosplenomegaly Hepatomegaly Splenomegaly Jaundice Mallet-Guy sign Puddle sign

Eponymous medical signs for digestive system and abdomen

Digestive system

GI tract	Goodsall's rule Chilaiditi syndrome intussusception: Dance's sign Lockwood's sign appendicitis: Aaron's sign Arapov's sign (contracture) Dunphy sign Markle sign McBurney's point Rosenstein's sign Rovsing's sign Sherren's triangle Aure-Rozanova's sign Alder's sign pancreatitis Mallet-Guy sign Radiologic signs: Hampton's line Klemm's sign

Accessory	liver: Councilman body Mallory body biliary: Boas' sign Courvoisier's law Charcot's cholangitis triad/Reynolds' pentad cholecystitis (Murphy's sign Lépine's sign) Nardi test

Abdominopelvic

Peritoneum	Blumberg sign Rigler's sign Cupola sign

Hernia	Howship–Romberg sign Hannington-Kiff sign

Other	Fothergill's sign Carnett's sign

Abdominal

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