title: Traditional Kehr's sign: Left shoulder pain related to splenic abscess.
abstract: Kehrs sign was originally described by the German surgeon Hans Kehr (1862-1916). It is a classical example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signaled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the clavicle. We present a case of a 21-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department with the chief complaint of left shoulder pain related to splenic abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seçgin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Söyüncü
authors.forename: Fırat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bektaş
authors.forename: Yıldıray
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cete
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery