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Caroli's disease complicated with liver abscess: case report

Caroli's disease is a rare congenital malformation characterized by multifocal dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts predisposing to cholestasis and recurrent cholangitis. The authors describe the case of a young patient with Caroli's disease diagnosed by magnetic resonance cholangiography and complicated with liver abscess, being submitted to surgical drainage.

Caroli's disease; Magnetic resonance cholangiography; Liver abscess


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