English Explanatory Dictionary

Reynolds' pentad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract. It combines Charcot's cholangitis triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental state.

Word forms

Reynolds' pentad

Etymology

Named after surgeon Benedict Reynolds, who described it (along with Everett Dargan) in 1959.

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