Caroli's Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review
Muhammad Nabeel Shafqat,
Muhammad Yousuf Y Memon,
Salman Javed
et al.
Abstract:Synonymous with congenital non-obstructive saccular or fusiform intra-hepatic duct dilatation and congenital communicating cavernous ectasia of the intra-hepatic biliary tract, Caroli's syndrome (CS) is an extremely rare fibro-polycystic liver disorder characterized by ductal plate malformation and consequent peri-portal fibrosis due to segmental intra-hepatic duct dilatation. No more than 200 cases of the syndrome have been reported since 1958. CS may affect one or both lobes of the liver, but more commonly i… Show more
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