Cour·voi·si·er law
(kūr-vwah-zē-ā'), painless 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.
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Cour·voi·si·er law
(kūr-vwah'zē-ā' law) Painless 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.
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Courvoisier,
Ludwig G., French surgeon, 1843-1918. Courvoisier gallbladder - an enlarged, often palpable, gallbladder in a patient with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.
Courvoisier law - 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. Synonym(s):
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