Courvoisier sign (hepatobiliary)

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 19 Apr 2023

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Hacking C, Knipe H, Bell D, et al. Courvoisier sign (hepatobiliary). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 16 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-40219

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-40219

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/40219

rID:

40219

Article created:

13 Oct 2015, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Craig Hacking had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

19 Apr 2023, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

6 times, by 5 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Hepatobiliary

Sections:

Signs

Tags:

refs, cases, case2

Synonyms:

Courvoisier law
Courvoisier's law
Courvoisier's sign
Courvoisier's gallbladder
Courvoisier gallbladder
Courvoisier-Terrier's sign
Courvoisier-Terrier sign

Courvoisier sign or Courvoisier-Terrier sign states that in a patient with painless jaundice and an enlarged gallbladder (or right upper quadrant mass), the cause is unlikely to be gallstones and therefore presumes the cause to be an obstructing pancreatic or biliary neoplasm until proven otherwise ¹.