Charcot's triad

Last reviewed 01/2018

Charcot's intermittent hepatic fever is the triad of:

  • biliary colic
  • jaundice
  • swinging pyrexia - fever and chills

It occurs in about one-third of patients with bacterial cholangitis.

Reference:

  1. Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2005; 43(8):62-4.