introduction: early differentiation of biliary atresia from neonatal hepatitis is of utmost importance, since on time surgery of biliary atresia significantly improves the outcome. hepatobiliary scintigraphy is an integral part of diagnosis work-up of these patients; however its specificity for diagnosis of biliary atresia is suboptimal. in this study we evaluated the value of ursodeoxycholic a...

Although it is recognized that infantile diarrhoea may sometimes be complicated by jaundice, the pathogenesis of this jaundice has not been fully eltucidated. The only detailed account of the hepatic lesions in infantile diarrhoea is that of Wainwright (1950), who described in 11 of his 16 cases a form of 'hepatitis' characterized by periportal parenchymal necrosis, infiltration by polymorphonu...

Introduction:  Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of neonatal jaundice, for which surgery is indicated. It may lead to portal hypertension and esophageal varices. Sometimes, BA is related to other congenital anomalies and malformation, while a coexistence of BA with facial hemangioma has not been reported, yet. Infantile hemangioma is a childhood benign vascular tumor. Beta bloc...

Background: Outcome of infantile intrahepatic cholestasis is highly variable. Aim to investigate various factors affecting outcome of infantile cholestasis. Methods: Retrospective study was conducted through data collection of 70 infant’s files who presented with intrahepatic cholestasis. They were divided into two groups according to the fate of jaundice at the end of the first year follow up....

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) for the diagnosis of biliary atresia in infantile cholestatic jaundice. METHODS Forty-seven consecutive infants with cholestatic jaundice underwent single-shot MRC. The diagnosis of biliary atresia was made by MRC based on the nonvisualization of extrahepatic bile ducts and excluded on the...