Courvoisier's sign revisited: two patients with palpable gallbladder.
More than a century ago, Courvoisier published his observation on the significance of a palpable gallbladder in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice. We have described two patients with newly described conditions--AIDS-associated cholangiopathy and diet-induced cholecystitis--who had a palpable gallbladder and have discussed possible pathogenetic mechanisms.
Fournier
A M
AM
Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Fla. 33101.
Michel
J
J
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000150:complications; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D014463:Ultrasonography