Caroli disease


Ca·ro·li dis·ease

(kah-rō'lē), [MIM*263200] congenital cystic dilation of the intrahepatic bile ducts, sometimes associated with intrahepatic stones and biliary obstruction; may be a part of the phenotype of infantile polycystic kidney disease.

Ca·ro·li dis·ease

, Caroli syndrome (kah-rō-lē' di-zēz', sin'drōm) Congenital cystic dilation of the intrahepatic bile ducts, sometimes associated with intrahepatic stones and biliary obstruction.

Caroli,

Jacques, French gastroenterologist, 1902-1979. Caroli disease - congenital cystic dilation of the intrahepatic bile ducts.