Pain that radiates to the left shoulder and one-third of the way down the left arm is displaying:

A. Rovsig's sign for appendicitis
B. Kehr's sign for a ruptured spleen
C. Leseague's sign for an irritated sciatic nerve
D. McBurney's sign for kidney infection


Answer: B

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