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McBurney's point - a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis

point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

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It also can occur with palpation of the area known as McBurney's point (one-third of the distance measured from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus) (James, 2017).

Acute Appendicitis: Classic Considerations with Cautions

right lower quadrant pain occurs close to McBurney's point in the vast majority of pregnant women, regardless of the stage of pregnancy.

ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN PREGNANCY- CLINICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES AND MANAGEMENT

On admission, physical examination showed right lower quadrant tenderness at Mcburney's point with muscle rigidness and rebound tenderness.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis

(8) The pain will present in McBurney's Point: the most distal third of an imaginary line from the right anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus.

Missed appendicitis diagnosis: a case report

Pyrexia, pain localized to McBurney's point, and nausea can be a common occurrence in the emergency department.

Rare appendicitis-like syndrome: the case of the obstructing broccoli

McBurney's point was described in 1889 by Professor Charles Heber McBurney (1845-1913), who was a teaching assistant in Anatomy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, and continued in this position until his appointment as Professor of Surgery in 18893.

Linea umbilico-espinosa: un termino morfologico que debe incluirse en la terminologia anatomica

There is a spot--"McBurney's point"--directly over the appendix in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.

Appendicitis

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