title: [Caroli's disease: literature review and characteristics of a clinical case].
abstract: The Author's report the case of the simple form of Caroli's disease, a rare malformation, and review literature pointing out the difficulty of an early diagnosis, because disease can be silent for a long time too and it is identified for complication. Today, imaging, endoscopy and interventionist radiology are the most valid tools for a correct diagnosis and treatment, above all in a case of emergency, when other therapeutic solutions are not possible.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Versaci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macrí
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scuderi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Certo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bottari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pantè
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonica
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Familiari
mesh_terms: D016767:Caroli Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler