Taber's Medical Dictionary
Courvoisier, Ludwig Georg
(koor-vwa′zyā′)
Swiss surgeon, 1843-1918.
Courvoisier law
Disease processes associated with prior inflammation of the gallbladder, e.g., gallstones, produce scarring, which prevents enlargement of the gland. When the common bile duct is obstructed by cancer, the gallbladder becomes palpably dilated.
Courvoisier sign
Painless enlargement of the gallbladder in a jaundiced patient. The sign suggests a cancer obstructing the biliary tree.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Courvoisier, Ludwig Georg." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757736/all/Courvoisier__Ludwig_Georg.
Courvoisier, Ludwig Georg. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757736/all/Courvoisier__Ludwig_Georg. Accessed March 30, 2023.
Courvoisier, Ludwig Georg. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757736/all/Courvoisier__Ludwig_Georg
Courvoisier, Ludwig Georg [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 30]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757736/all/Courvoisier__Ludwig_Georg.
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