
Appendicitis – the eponymous examination
Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis

Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis

Charles Dettie Aaron (1866 – 1951) was an American gastroenterologist. Eponym: Aaron sign (1913) in chronic appendicitis

Aaron sign: referred pain felt in the epigastrium upon continuous firm pressure over McBurney's point, indicative of chronic appendicitis (1913) by Charles Dettie Aaron (1866-1951)