title: Congenital multiple cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary ducts (two cases with simple type of Caroli's disease).
abstract: Two cases of Caroli's diseases (simple type) precisely diagnosed prior to the operation by the direct cholangiography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, were reported. They both had a long cystic duct, and association of cystic lesions of bilateral kidneys was revealed in one of them. Excessive biliary output had been observed postoperatively in both of them. A cholecystectomy and choledochodrainage successfully gave rise to favourable results in both cases reported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography