Question 27 (part 2) · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
What are the typical symptoms of acute cholangitis:
- A. a severe pain in the right subcostal region (a biliary colic), jaundice and a fever with chills.
- B. abdominal pain in the region of the right iliac fossa, nausea, vomiting and anorexia.
- C. a positive Murphy’s sign, a positive Chelmonski sign, jaundice.
- D. abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, inability to pass gas and constipation.
- E. positive peritoneal signs, board-like rigidity of the abdomen.
Hint
Recall the classic triad of biliary infection named after Charcot.
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