title: Caroli's disease: a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography diagnosis.
abstract: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has received much attention in the recent literature as a noninvasive alternative to endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, primarily for biliary calculus disease, but also for the less common indication of evaluation of biliary anomalies. We present a case of Caroli's disease in which the diagnosis can be clearly inferred by MRCP. The findings of MRCP and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography are similar. This new procedure could be a noninvasive alternative to direct cholangiography and perhaps will become the first-choice imaging technique for diagnosing Caroli's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Hôpital Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asselah
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sergent
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: L'herminé
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016767:Caroli Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed