Question 206 · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
A surgeon, after consultation, stated that the patient had Courvoisier syndrome. It means:
- A. there is no dullness over the liver during percussion (probable perforation of the digestive tract).
- B. significant distention of the sigmoid colon - suspicion of a torsion.
- C. abdominal guarding in the left lower abdomen (probable diverticulitis).
- D. distended, painless gallbladder with accompanying jaundice.
- E. pelvic resistance during rectal examination (outside the rectum).
Hint
Recall the eponymous law about a palpable gallbladder in a jaundiced patient and what it implies about the cause of obstruction.
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