Caroli's disease. Clinical presentation simulating carcinoma of the pancreas.
A patient with Caroli's disease (intrahepatic biliary duct dilatation), presenting when he was middle-aged with symptoms of painless jaundice and weight loss suggesting carcinoma of the head of the pancreas, is described. The world's literature of Caroli's disease is reviewed and this patient's unusual presentation is put into perspective.
D000367:Age Factors; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*