Traube S Space

Shaped like a crescent the entirety of the space measures roughly 12 millimeters about 0 5 inches.

Traube s space. Traube semilunar space a crescentic space about 12 cm wide just above the costal margin. It rests in the upper abdominal region and several organs surround it namely the spleen the lungs and the liver. However the sensitivity and specificity increases to approximately 80 in non obese patients who are fasting.

Percussion of the traube s space is a useful clinical screening test for splenomegaly with a sensitivity of 67 and specificity of 75 as compared to palpation sensitivity of 44 44 and specificity of 96 87. It is normally resonant due to the underlying gastric fundus and loses its resonance in certain conditions. Traube s semilunar space is an anatomic space of some clinical importance.

The space was described by ludwig traube 1818 1876 a german physician. Traube s space is located within the human body. A pictorial description of external boundaries of traube s space.

Traube s space was clear and the abdominal examination was normal and she had ocular hypertelorism. A rare cause of dyspnoea. Draw two vertical lines one passing through the 6th rib in the midclavicular line and the next passing through the 9th rib in midaxillary lines.

Traube s space is a roughly quadrilateral area on the left lower chest. Traube sign a double sound or murmur heard in auscultation over arteries in significant aortic regurgitation. It is a crescent shaped space encompassed by the lower edge of the left lung the anterior border of the spleen the left costal margin and the inferior margin of the left lobe of the liver.

If percussion over traube s space produces a dull tone this indicates splenomegaly this maneuver has a sensitivity and specificity between 60 and 70 for splenetic enlargement. It is a crescent shaped space encompassed by the lower edge of the left lung the anterior border of the spleen the left costal margin and the inferior margin of the left lobe of the liver.