Caroli's disease associated with a gastric diverticulum

Authors
Naraynsingh, V Maharaj, D Busby, GOD Raju, GC Jankey, N
Citation
V. Naraynsingh et al., Caroli's disease associated with a gastric diverticulum, W I MED J, 49(2), 2000, pp. 175-176
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
WEST INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00433144 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
175 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-3144(200006)49:2<175:CDAWAG>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Caroli's disease or communicating ectasia of the intrahepatic biliary tree is a rare disease with unknown aetiology. The coexistence of this along wit h 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 si ngle patient.