Murphy's sign
Maneuver during a physical examination as part of the abdominal examination / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the clinical sign observed in physical examinations. For the sonographic sign, see Sonographic Murphy sign. For the condition sometimes known as "Murphy's punch sign", see costovertebral angle tenderness.
In medicine, Murphy's sign (also known as Sweeney’s sign) is a maneuver during a physical examination as part of the abdominal examination.[1] It is useful for differentiating pain in the right upper quadrant. Typically, it is positive in cholecystitis, but negative in choledocholithiasis, pyelonephritis, and ascending cholangitis.