Open AccessA middle aged man with Caroli's disease: A case report
Author(s) -
Imran Sarker,
A. K. M. Motiur Rahman Bhuiyan,
Md. Zilan Miah Sarker
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7750
pISSN - 2074-2908
DOI - 10.3329/bsmmuj.v9i1.28945
Subject(s) - medicine , abnormality , malignancy , liver abscess , gastroenterology , antibiotics , disease , biliary disease , abscess , liver disease , abdominal pain , hepatic function , surgery , psychiatry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Caroli's disease (CD) is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by non-obstructive dilatation of intra hepatic bile ducts, which may be complicated by stone formation, recurrent cholangitis, biliary abscess and higher risk for biliary malignancy. We report a 37-year-old man with recurrent bouts of upper abdominal pain, high grade pyrexia, mild icterus with normal liver function tests who was diagnosed as a case of Caroli's disease. The laboratory studies confirmed Caroli' s disease with a SOL in liver suggestive of liver abscess and the patient received broad spectrum antibiotics with anaerobic and amoebicidal coverage. With 14 days course of antibiotics, he gradually recovered from his symptoms