Caroli’s Disease:
Caroli disease is a nonobstructive dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts.
This is a rare congenital disorder that classically causes saccular ductal dilatation,
which usually is segmental. Caroli disease is associated with recurrent bacterial
cholangitis and stone formation.
Caroli disease also is known as communicating cavernous ectasia or congenital
cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary tree. It is distinct from other
diseases that cause ductal dilatation caused by obstruction. It is not one of
the many choledochal cyst derivatives.
