Tripod sign

**THE “TRIPOD” SYMPTOM (ANALOGICAL TOPOOMETRY)** The most difficult to diagnose symptoms of all intra-abdominal types are the Tripod symptom and the “Tripod” phenomenon, which is symmetrical to it. For simplicity, they are united by the term “Tripod” symptom, which simultaneously characterizes the cause, the aggravating behavior of the patient during this cause (hence the method with such a preamble) and the identified indirect signs (“irreplaceability” - according to the author of the term), easily observed - in contrast to the reasons - auscultation.

The essence of the symptom is as follows: the patient