Umbilical transillumination: an accurate means to diagnose minimal ascites associated with umbilical hernias.
A new bedside clinical test for the diagnosis of minimal ascites associated with reducible umbilical hernia is described. This test is based on transillumination of the hernial sac in the knee-elbow position. The test is easy to perform and has no equivocal results.
Department of General Surgery, TN Medical College, Bombay.
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D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D014172:Transillumination; D014472:Umbilicus