Talk:Castell's sign

Reorganization

I organized this page into technique, interpretation, and history of the finding. After doing, this, some problematic paragraphs are revealed.

The following paragraph I have left in, but seems to me it could be delete:

Splenomegaly, although associated with numerous diseases, remains one of the more elusive physical exam findings in the abdomen. Conditions such as infectious mononucleosis, thalassemia, and cirrhotic liver disease may all involve splenomegaly and as a result, the search for a reliable sign associated with this condition has been sought for generations. Currently, several such signs of splenomegaly exist, all of whose utility has been debated in medical literature. The presence or absence of splenomegaly, however, can be reliably appreciated on physical exam use Castell’s sign in conjunction with other clinical information, increasing the positive predictive value of the test. When used in a decision-making rubric, Castell’s sign becomes a valuable part of deciding whether to pursue further imaging.

Possible error?

from the "History" section: "Castell showed those patients in the control group had a mean spleen size of 75cm2 with a range of 57cm2 to 75cm2"--is this mathematically possible? Should it be a mean of 65cm2? There was no reference handy and i'm too lazy too look, only bothered enough to complain :P —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.75.157.94 (talk) 14:58, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks like a typo to me. It is mathematically possible though if there's only one single case of 57cm² with all others being equal or very near to 75cm². But that is so unlikely that I think you're right. De728631 (talk) 15:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Overly complicated description

The description of the technique reads like something you would get in a fairly obtuse medical textbook. It's not really simple enough to meet the standards of a Wikipedia article as you'd need to be familiar with a lot of medical terminology to understand it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.91.212.244 (talk) 23:52, 22 March 2019 (UTC)