bankeøm

English translation: pain on percussion/costovertebral angle tenderness

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Norwegian term or phrase:bankeøm
English translation:pain on percussion/costovertebral angle tenderness
Entered by: Helen Johnson

13:05 Dec 21, 2007
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / patient notes
Norwegian term or phrase: bankeøm
I'm sure I've asked a similar question before, but can't remember which language it was and can't remember the term in that language.
Ikke bankeøm over nyrelosjene.
Advice appreciated (no tenderness on palpation?)
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:20
pain on percussion/costovertebral angle tenderness
Explanation:
Sorry I made a mistake in the note above - costovertebral angle, not costophrenic (which you can only see on an X ray).

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/slides/abdomen/slide29.html

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec17/ch226/ch226b.html

Percussion: Pain elicited by blunt percussion of the back, flanks, and angle formed by the 12th rib and lumbar spine (costovertebral tenderness) with a fist may indicate pyelonephritis or calculi.
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pain on percussion/costovertebral angle tenderness


Explanation:
Sorry I made a mistake in the note above - costovertebral angle, not costophrenic (which you can only see on an X ray).

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/slides/abdomen/slide29.html

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec17/ch226/ch226b.html

Percussion: Pain elicited by blunt percussion of the back, flanks, and angle formed by the 12th rib and lumbar spine (costovertebral tenderness) with a fist may indicate pyelonephritis or calculi.

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