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sonographic Murphy sign: a standalone construct

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Radiology

maximal tenderness when the ultrasound probe presses over the visualized gallbladder, assessed with gallstones as a sign of acute cholecystitis.

In radiology, sonographic Murphy sign refers to maximal tenderness when the ultrasound probe presses over the visualized gallbladder, assessed with gallstones as a sign of acute cholecystitis. This meaning comes from Ralls (1985) in Radiology.[1]

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  1. Ralls, P. W., Colletti, P. M., Lapin, S. A., Chandrasoma, P., Boswell, W. D., Ngo, C., Radin, D. R., & Halls, J. M. (1985). Real-time sonography in suspected acute cholecystitis. Prospective evaluation of primary and secondary signs. Radiology, 155(3), 767-771. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.155.3.3890007

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