title: Caroli's disease associated with a gastric diverticulum.
abstract: Caroli's disease or communicating ectasia of the intrahepatic biliary tree is a rare disease with unknown aetiology. The coexistence of this along with the uncommon condition of a gastric diverticulum has never been reported before. A deficiency in the fibromuscular matrix of both the bile ducts and the gastric wall may explain why these two pathologies may coexist in a single patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, Port of Spain General Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago. vijay@wow.net
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Naraynsingh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maharaj
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Busby
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jankey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016767:Caroli Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013273:Diverticulum, Stomach / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans