Percutaneous choledochoscopic choledocholithotomy in Caroli's disease.
Communicating cavernous ectasia of the intrahepatic bile ducts (Caroli's disease) is frequently accompanied by calculus formation. Percutaneous choledocholithotomy was successfully performed using a choledochoscope in a young adult with multiple calculi. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of choledocholithotomy using this technique in Caroli's disease.
King
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Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque 87131.
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Davis
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Kleinman
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D000328:Adult; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male