Medfödd cystisk utvidgning av leverns gallgångar. Den består av två typer: enkel, med enbart gallgångsutvidgning eller ektasi, och komplex, med tillhörande utbredd fibros och portahypertension. Godart ad njurkanalsektasi hör samman med båda typer.
Congenital cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC). It consists of 2 types: simple Caroli disease is characterized by bile duct dilatation (ectasia) alone; and complex Caroli disease is characterized by bile duct dilatation with extensive hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL). Benign renal tubular ectasia is associated with both types of Caroli disease.
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Disease, Caroli — Caroli's Disease — Carolis Disease — Disease, Caroli's — Caroli's Syndrome — Caroli Syndrome — Carolis Syndrome — Syndrome, Caroli's