Partial hepatectomy is curative for the localized type of Caroli's disease: a case report and review of the literature.
The case of a 58-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the localized type of Caroli's disease is presented. This disease involves the whole of the left half of the liver. A left hepatectomy was followed by complete resolution of symptoms. The current article suggests that hepatic resection may be aggressively performed in selected patients with the localized form of Caroli's disease.
Yilmaz
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S
General Surgery Department, Inonu University Medical School, Malatya, Turkey. sezaiyilmaz@inonu.edu.tr
Kirimlioglu
H
H
Kirimlioglu
V
V
Isik
B
B
Coban
S
S
Yildirim
B
B
Ara
C
C
Sogutlu
G
G
Yilmaz
M
M
D016767:Caroli Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed