1) Medical sign
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The psoas sign is a medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is retrocaecal in orientation (as the iliopsoas muscle is retroperitoneal). It is elicited by performing the psoas test by passively extending the thigh of a patient lying on his sid...
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flexion of or pain on hyperextension of the hip due to contact between an inflammatory process and the psoas muscle; the inflammation may indicate appendicitis. Called also Cope sign.
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