Howship–Romberg sign

Not to be confused with the neurological Romberg sign.

Howship–Romberg sign
Differential diagnosis	obturator hernia

The Howship–Romberg sign is inner thigh pain on internal rotation of the hip. It can be caused by an obturator hernia.^[1][2][3] It is named for John Howship and Moritz Heinrich Romberg.^[4][5][6]

References

1. Haraguchi M, Matsuo S, Kanetaka K, et al. (June 2007). "Obturator hernia in an ageing society" (PDF). Ann. Acad. Med. Singap. 36 (6): 413–5. PMID 17597966.
2. "Photo Quiz - April 1, 1999 - American Academy of Family Physicians". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
3. Yamashita K, Hayashi J, Tsunoda T (June 2004). "Howship-Romberg sign caused by an obturator hernia". Am. J. Surg. 187 (6): 775–6. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.10.020. PMID 15191874.
4. synd/1579 at Who Named It?
5. J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.
6. M. H. von Romberg. Pathologie und Therapie der Senisbilitäts- und Motilitätsneurosen. 1857. 3rd edition (unfinished) of Romberg’s Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen, page 89.