Question 249 · LEK · Acute cholangitis
Charcot’s triad is a set of signs typical of:
- A. bleeding from a duodenal ulcer.
- B. chronic pancreatitis.
- C. hepatic steatosis.
- D. colon cancer.
- E. cholangitis.
Hint
Recall the three components of the triad (fever with chills, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain) and which obstructed structure produces them.
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