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Question
a positive psoas sign is related to what clinical condition?
acute cholecystitis
pelvic inflammatory disease
acute diverticulitisnephrolithiasis
acute appendicitis
Brief Explanations
The psoas sign is often a sign of irritation of the psoas muscle, which can occur with acute appendicitis as the inflamed appendix may be adjacent to the psoas muscle. When the psoas muscle is stretched (psoas test), pain is elicited in cases of acute appendicitis.
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E. Acute appendicitis