Saegesser sign

The Saegesser sign is a symptom of a rupture of the spleen ( spleen rupture ) and subsequent bleeding into the connective tissue capsule of the spleen.

The Saegesser sign is a pressure pain in the phrenic pressure point or spleen point . This is located between the edge of the left sternocleidomastoid muscle and the anterior scalene muscle about two to four centimeters above the collarbone . The cause of this pain is a sudden contraction of the left side of the diaphragm and the associated irritation of the phrenic nerve .

The Saegesser symbol is named after the Swiss surgeon Max Saegesser (1902–1975), who first described it in 1938.

The Kehr sign , on the other hand, is a radiation of pain and hyperesthesia in the left shoulder with ruptured spleen or fallopian tubes .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Reuter: Springer Lexicon Medicine. Springer, Berlin a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-540-20412-1 , p. 1691.
2. ^ Peter Reuter: Springer Lexikon Medizin , S. 1884.
3. ↑ www.whonamedit.com: Max Saegesser. Retrieved February 4, 2010
4. ↑ Max Saegesser: The left phrenic pressure point as a diagnostic feature of spleen injuries. In: Zentralblatt für Chirurgie , Vol. 65 (1938), pp. 2179-2180, ISSN  0044-409X .
5. ↑ Peter Reuter: Springer Lexicon Medicine , p. 1113.

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