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Caroli's Disease as a Cause of Chronic Epigastric Abdominal Pain: Two Case Reports and a Brief Revie...

Caroli's Disease as a Cause of Chronic Epigastric Abdominal Pain: Two Case Reports and a Brief Revie...

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Caroli's Disease as a Cause of Chronic Epigastric Abdominal Pain: Two Case Reports and a Brief Review of the Literature

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Caroli's Disease as a Cause of Chronic Epigastric Abdominal Pain: Two Case Reports and a Brief Review of the Literature

Publisher

United States: Cureus Inc

Journal title

Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), 2017-09, Vol.9 (9), p.e1701-e1701

Language

English

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United States: Cureus Inc

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Contents

Caroli's disease is a very rare congenital malformation, currently included in cystic diseases of the biliary tract, and is characterized by ectasia and dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts. Two clinical entities can be distinguished, Caroli's disease in which congenital hepatic impairment is limited to cystic dilatation and Caroli's syndrome...

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Caroli's Disease as a Cause of Chronic Epigastric Abdominal Pain: Two Case Reports and a Brief Review of the Literature

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5690396

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5690396

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ISSN

2168-8184

E-ISSN

2168-8184

DOI

10.7759/cureus.1701

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