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Extrahepatic biliary obstruction secondary to metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: An unusual presentation of Courvoisier's law.

Kafi AtibaMichael James RamdassAdedapo OladiranMuhammad Rahman
Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Courvoisier's law states, "In the presence of jaundice and a palpable bladder, the cause is unlikely to be due to stone". Although esophageal squamous carcinoma is known to spread to celiac nodes, there is no description in the literature with it presenting and mimicking the above findings in Courvoisier's Law.
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