Charcot's cholangitis triad

Charcot's cholangitis triad

Charcot's cholangitis triad is the combination of jaundice; fever, usually with rigors; and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. It occurs as a result of ascending cholangitis (an infection of the bile duct in the liver). When the presentation also includes hypotension and mental status changes, it is known as Reynolds' pentad.[1] It is named for Jean-Martin Charcot.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "eMedicine - Cholangitis : Article by Homayoun Shojamanesh". http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2665.htm. 
  2. ^ synd/2896 at Who Named It?
v · d · eEponymous medical signs for digestive system and abdomen
Digestive system

liver: Councilman body · Mallory body

biliary: Boas' sign · Courvoisier's law · Charcot's cholangitis triad/Reynolds' pentad · cholecystitis (Murphy's sign · Lépine's sign) · Nardi test
Abdominopelvic
Howship-Romberg sign · Hannington-Kiff sign
Other
Abdominal · general

spleen/LUQ: Ballance's sign · Traube's sign · Castell's sign

hemorrhage: Cullen's sign · Grey Turner's sign

M: DIG

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noco/cong/tumr, sysi/epon

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