Acute infection and inflammation of the extrahepatic biliary system caused by partial or complete obstruction of the biliary tree, most commonly by gallstones migrating into the comm...
Treatment includes a combination of antibiotic therapy, relief of biliary obstruction and correction of underlying etiology.
Empiric antibiotic therapy should be started once the diagnosis is...
Charcot triad (fever, jaundice, and RUQ pain) is seen in 40–70% of cases and has low sensitivity but high specificity for ascending cholangitis.
Obstruction due to malignancy (Courvoisi...
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