title: Abdominal-wall tenderness: A useful sign in the acute abdomen.
abstract: 120 patients admitted as an emergency with localised abdominal pain were tested for abdominal-wall tenderness. Of the 24 patients with a positive test only 1 had a detectable intra-abdominal cause. In the remaining 23 no reason for the pain could be found.
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010173:Palpation; D011187:Posture