Acute cholangitis

Question 1

Define

Answer 1

Obstruction and infection of the common bile duct (after the cystic duct, before the pancreas)

Question 2

What are the pain symptoms and what is the key name for this?

Answer 2

Charcot’s triad:
Jaundice
Fever
RUQ pain

Question 3

Other causes

Answer 3

NV
Dark urine
Pale stools

Question 4

List the causes

Answer 4

Gallstones
Bile duct stricture or stenosis
Tumours
ERCP
Chronic pancreatitis (leading to narrowing of distal common bile duct and thus obstruction)