|Courvoisier's sign -->|
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.
Synonyms: Courvoisier's sign.
(05 Mar 2000)
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