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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]
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.
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
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]
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]
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 von Leyden: pathology
Jean-Martin Charcot (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁtɛ̃ ʃaʁko]; 29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. [2] He worked on groundbreaking work about hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes. [3]
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