Jaundice resulting from blockage of the bile ducts or abnormal retention of bile in the liver.
Example sentencesExamples
- Two thirds of pancreatic cancers develop in the head of the pancreas, and most patients present with progressive, obstructive jaundice with dark urine and pale stools.
- A 66-year-old man had a laparotomy for obstructive jaundice due to a malignant mass.
- Because the tumor showed extraductal extension, the common hepatic duct was mildly stenotic without causing obstructive jaundice.
- In his paper ‘Observations on Jaundice,’ he described fatty pale stools in obstructive jaundice due to pancreatic disease.
- The patient was a 74-year-old man admitted to the hospital with complaints of progressive obstructive jaundice and a 5-kg weight loss.