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Traube's (semilunar) space is an anatomic space of some clinical importance. 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.
With patient supine, percuss inferior to lung resonance to map out gastric tympany (i.e. Traube’s Space). This area is variable; however, tympanic extending laterally makes splenomegaly less likely. Dullness may indicate splenomegaly, solid gastric content, or colon content.
Traube's space. Surface markings: Superiorly: Left 6th rib; Inferiorly: Left costal margin; Laterally: Anterior axillary line; Usually, traube's space is hyperresonant due to the location of the gastric bubble, however, loss of this hypersonance can be seen in following conditions:
Jun 11, 2013 · Traube’s space. Traube’s space is a (roughly) quadrilateral area on the left lower chest. It is normally resonant due to the underlying gastric fundus, and loses its resonance in certain conditions. The space was described by Ludwig Traube (1818-1876), a German physician.
Feb 7, 2024 · Traube's Space, named after Ludwig Traube, a 19th-century German physician, is a key anatomical region used in clinical examination, specifically for abdominal auscultation.
Percussion of Traube's space, a semilunar tympanitic area overlying the gas bubble in the stomach, is a valuable maneuver in this regard: obliteration of Traube's space favors a pleural effusion.
Jan 28, 2016 · Splenomegaly is suggested by dullness to percussion of Traube’s space (sensitivity of 11-76%, specificity of 63-95%, +LR = 2.1, -LR = 0.8), Castell’s spot (sensitivity of 25-85%, specificity of 32-94%, +LR = 1.7, -LR = 0.7), and Nixon’s method if greater than 8 cm (sensitivity of 25-66%, specificity of 68-95%, +LR = 2.0, -LR ...
