Fothergill's sign

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Fothergill's sign is a medical sign. If a mass in the abdominal wall does not cross midline and does not change with flexion of the rectus muscles, this is a positive sign for a rectus sheath hematoma.

It is named for John Fothergill.[1]

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  1. synd/3770 at Who Named It?