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  2. Charcot's cholangitis triad - Wikipedia

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    Charcot's cholangitis triad is the combination of jaundice; fever, usually with rigors; and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. It occurs as a result of ascending cholangitis (an infection of the bile duct in the liver). When the presentation also includes low blood pressure and mental status changes, it is known as Reynolds' pentad. [1]

  3. List of medical triads, tetrads, and pentads - Wikipedia

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    Charcot's cholangitis triad: Right Upper Quadrant Pain, Fever, Jaundice: Ascending cholangitis: Charcot's neurologic triad: scanning speech, intention tremor, nystagmus: Multiple sclerosis: Triad of congenital toxoplasmosis: chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications: Congenital toxoplasmosis: Triad of congenital rubella

  4. Reynolds' pentad - Wikipedia

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    Reynolds' pentad is a collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract.It is a combination of Charcot's triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental status. [1]

  5. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    heart failure Heart failure, enlarged esophagus, enlarged colon: Charcot's triad: Jean-Martin Charcot: surgery: ascending cholangitis: jaundice, fever and chills, RUQ pain Charcot's triad: Jean-Martin Charcot: neurology: multiple sclerosis: nystagmus, intention tremor, staccato speech Charcot–Leyden crystals: Jean-Martin Charcot, Ernst Viktor ...

  6. What Chest Pain on Your Left Side Could Mean - AOL

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    Woman having a pain in the heart area. Non-cardiac reasons for chest pain on the left side. The skin, nerves, muscles, bones, tendons, soft tissue, and cartilage all share real estate on the left ...

  7. Charcot - Wikipedia

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    Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a form of peroneal muscular atrophy; Charcot–Bouchard aneurysms; Charcot–Leyden crystals; Charcot's cholangitis triad of symptoms of ascending cholangitis; Charcot's neurologic triad of symptoms of multiple sclerosis; Some anterolateral central arteries in the brain are known as Charcot's artery

  8. Charcot's neurologic triad - Wikipedia

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    Charcot's neurologic triad is the combination of nystagmus, intention tremor, and scanning or staccato speech. This triad is associated with multiple sclerosis , where it was first described; [ 1 ] however, it is not considered pathognomonic for it.

  9. Ascending cholangitis - Wikipedia

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    Charcot's triad is a set of three common findings in cholangitis: abdominal pain, jaundice, and fever. [4] This was assumed in the past to be present in 50–70% of cases, although more recently the frequency has been reported as 15–20%. [ 1 ]