Traube’s space surface marking
Traube’s space is a semilunar area of tympany over the left anterior lower chest. It overlies the fundus of the stomach.
Bony and midline boundaries
- Superior boundary: 6th rib (left side) [no citation].
- Inferior boundary: costal margin (left costal cartilages) [no citation].
- Medial boundary: left border of the xiphoid region or sternum (near the xiphisternal junction) [no citation].
- Lateral boundary: mid- to anterior axillary line region on the left side [no citation].