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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 1113-1115
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

Caroli's disease of the liver in a renal transplant recipient

Vadakethu T. Ninan1, Mangalathillam R. N. Nampoory,1, Kaivilayil V. Johny2, Ram K. Gupta1, Imre Schmidt1, Prasad M. Nair1 and Jaber Al-Ali1

1 Department of Medicine, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital and 2 Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Keywords: Caroli's disease; clinical course; renal transplant



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Caroli's disease is a rare inherited disorder of the liver, characterized by saccular and cystic dilatation of intra-hepatic biliary ducts. Association of this abnormality with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) has been described [1]. This abnormality may remain asymptomatic and undetected throughout life but often presents in adolescence or later with episodes of bacterial cholangitis, complicated by multiple biliary calculi. Very little is known about the clinical course of Caroli's disease in renal transplant recipients. We report here our experience with a case of Caroli's disease of the liver diagnosed in a renal transplant recipient who presented with . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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