Charcot

Charcot may refer to:

• Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist

Charcot's name is associated with many diseases, anatomical structures and conditions including:

• Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a form of peroneal muscular atrophy
• Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms, tiny aneurysms of the penetrating branches of middle cerebral artery in people with hypertension
• Charcot–Leyden crystals due to eosinophils white blood cells lysis in cases of allergic diseases.
• Charcot's triad, one of two triads of symptoms identified by Charcot:
  • Charcot's cholangitis triad, used in diagnosing ascending cholangitis
  • Charcot's neurologic triad, used in diagnosing multiple sclerosis
• Anterolateral central arteries found in the brain, several of which are known as Charcot's artery
• Neuropathic arthropathy, a degenerative joint condition also known as Charcot's joint
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the most-common subtype of motor neurone disease, also known as both Charcot's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease
• Visual agnosia, the inability to recognize visual stimuli, also known as Charcot Wilbrand syndrome
• Charcot's intermittent hepatic fever, a disease characterized by weight loss and intermittent pain, fever and jaundice

• Jean-Baptiste Charcot, a French explorer and physician and son of Jean-Martin Charcot
• Charcot Island, an island off the coast of Antarctica named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot