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- Title
Type I biliary atresia without extrahepatic biliary cyst.
- Authors
Komuro, Hiroaki; Kudo, Toyoichiro; Jinbo, Takahiro; Hori, Tetsuo; Tatekawa, Yukihiro; Kudou, Sumi; Urita, Yasuhisa; Kaneko, Michio
- Abstract
Currently, magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) is used for the differentiation of biliary atresia (BA) from other causes of infantile cholestasis. The authors present a case of type I BA without an extrahepatic biliary cyst in a 2-month-old girl. MRC clearly visualized the patency of the gallbladder, cystic duct, and hepatic ducts with disappearance of the common bile duct. Intraoperative cholangiography demonstrated a cloudy appearance of the intrahepatic bile ducts, confirming the diagnosis of type I BA. We believe that this is the first reported case of type I BA without an extrahepatic biliary cyst diagnosed by MRC.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC resonance; BILIARY atresia; CHOLESTASIS in newborn infant; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; NEONATAL diseases; CYSTS (Pathology)
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 8, p907
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-008-0871-4