Courvoisier`s law (or Courvoisier syndrome, or Courvoisier`s sign or Courvoisier-Terrier`s sign) states that in the presence of an enlarged gallbladder which is nontender and accompanied with mild jaundice, the cause is unlikely to be gallstones. Usually, the term is used to describe the physical examination finding of the right-upper quadrant ......
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Enlargement of the gallbladder with jaundice is likely to result from carcinoma of the head of the pancreas and not from a stone in the common duct, because in the latter the gallbladder is usually scarred from infection and does not distend. ... Synonym: Courvoisier's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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