Talk:McBurney's point

mirror image?

hey folks - about the illustration. I thought that the symptoms of appendicitis, for instance, were on the *patient's* right side. this illustration makes it look like it is the left side. does "right side of the abdomen" mean the right side of the patient as the patient is looked at by the doctor? in any case I'm trying to find out why this image contradicts the "appendicitis pain happens on the lower right of the abdomen." is it (1) that this illustration is in fact a mirror-image of the patient -- perhaps done so that the points on the abdomen are meant to reflect directly across to the corresponding side, somehow easier for self-diagnosis? or (2) does "the right side of the lower abdomen" by medical standard mean "the right side as viewed by the doctor"? ... it is not that this image has been flipped horizontally, because the writing is not reversed. If someone could answer this and possibly label images if appropriate "this medical diagram is designed as a reflection in a mirror... the points reflect directly across to the viewer..." or something... in short... why are the dots on the illustrated patient's LEFT side? --Estephan500 13:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I have added an image and edited the existing caption to try to address the ambiguity. --Arcadian 16:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Better now?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:05, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the image. --Arcadian 00:01, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Removed epigastrium and replaced it with lower right quadrant. McBurney's point is certainly not located in the epigastrium because it is well below the subcostal plane. Indeed, it is well below the transumbilical plane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.137.227.58 (talk) 13:24, 24 October 2012 (UTC)