Images in clinical medicine. Courvoisier's gallbladder

Although Ludwig Courvoisier's famous observations on the relation between obstruction of the common bile duct and the size of the gallbladder are often taken to mean that a palpable gallbladder in a patient with jaundice is a sign of malignant obstruction, Courvoisier actually pointed out that dilatation is rarely observed when a stone obstructs the common duct, whereas dilatation is to be expected when there are...