Cervical motion tenderness

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In gynecology, cervical motion tenderness or cervical excitation, is a sign found on pelvic examination suggestive of pelvic pathology. Classically, it is present in the setting of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and is of some use to help differentiate PID and appendicitis.[1]

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  1. Bongard F, Landers DV, Lewis F (1985). "Differential diagnosis of appendicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. A prospective analysis". Am. J. Surg. 150 (1): 90–6. doi:10.1016/0002-9610(85)90015-7. PMID 3160252.