Kehr's sign 1110882 220976752 2008-06-22T14:06:28Z DOI bot 6652755 Citation maintenance. You can [[WP:DOI|use this bot]] yourself! Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. '''Kehr's sign''' is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the [[peritoneal cavity]] when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated. Kehr's sign in the left shoulder is considered a classical symptom of a ruptured [[spleen]]. May result from diaphragmatic or peridiaphragmatic lesions, renal calculi, splenic injury or ectopic pregnancy. Kehr's sign is a classical example of [[referred pain]]: irritation of the [[Diaphragm (anatomy)|diaphragm]] is signalled by the [[phrenic nerve]] as pain in the area above the [[collarbone]]. The discovery of this is often attributed to a German [[gall bladder]] surgeon named [[Hans Kehr]], but extensive studies into research he conducted during his life shows inconclusive evidence as to whether or not he actually discovered it.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Klimpel V | title = Does Kehr's sign derive from Hans Kehr? A critical commentary on its documentation? | journal = Chirurg | volume = 75 | issue = 1 | pages = 80–3 | year = 2004 | pmid = 14740133 | doi = 10.1007/s00104-003-0796-2}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Ruptured spleen]] ==References== <References /> {{med-sign-stub}} [[nl:teken van Kehr]] [[pl:Objaw Kehra]]