Howship–Romberg sign
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Howship–Romberg sign is a sign used to identify obturator hernia.[1][2] The sign is inner thigh pain on internal rotation of the hip. It can be caused by an obturator hernia.[3]
It is named for John Howship and Moritz Heinrich Romberg.[4][5][6]
It should not be confused with Romberg sign.
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- ↑ J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.
- ↑ M. H. von Romberg. Pathologie und Therapie der Senisbilitäts- und Motilitätsneurosen. 1857. 3rd edition (unfinished) of Romberg’s Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen, page 89.
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