Diffuse oligosymptomatic Caroli’s disease: Case report
Author(s) -
Yassine Lemfadli,
Sara Bouchrit,
Lairani Fatimezzhara,
Adil Ait Errami,
Sofia Oubaha,
Zouhour Samlani,
K. Krati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
global journal of medical and clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-5282
DOI - 10.17352/2455-5282.000102
Subject(s) - chalazion (fungus) , pyogenic granuloma , medicine , eyelid , conjunctiva , lesion , granuloma , dermatology , surgery , meibomian gland , pathology
This article describes a case of Caroli’s disease in a 53-year-old female patient who complained non-specific abdominal pain without cholestasis or cholangitis. Ultrasound and hepatic magnetic resonance imaging showed segmental saccular dilations connected to intrahepatic bile ducts without hepatic fibrosis. This clinical case shows the possibility of having oligosymptomatic forms in the diffuse forms of Caroli disease, therefore the interest to consider this diagnosis in case of non-specific abdominal signs and to request a hepatic ultrasound.
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