[Caroli's disease: diagnostic problems and possibilities of treatment].

Caroli's disease is a rare congenital condition characterized by segmental non-obstructive fibrocystic dilation of intrahepatic bile ducts. Dilated ducts may be infected and contain stones. This review of the modern literature describes few known cases of the disease, analyses its clinical features and results of treatment.

[Bone mineral density in patients with breast cancer in the perimenopausal period].

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to examine 54 patients with breast cancer. A clinical comparison group comprised 50 healthy women. All the examinees were aged 45 to 55 years.

[X-ray densitometric characteristics of bone mineral density in patients with impaired biliation].

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to examine 20 patients with obstructive jaundice, who had undergone external biliary drainage in the first surgical stage. A clinical comparison group comprised 34 patients without hepatobiliary diseases. Bone mineral density was measured in the lumbar spine, proximal femur, and ultradistal antibrachium.