Practical approach to imaging diagnosis of biliary atresia, Part 1: prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, and postnatal ultrasound

M Napolitano, S Franchi-Abella, MB Damasio… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
We present a practical approach to imaging in suspected biliary atresia, an inflammatory
cholangiopathy of infancy resulting in progressive fibrosis and obliteration of extrahepatic …

Early differential diagnosis methods of biliary atresia: a meta-analysis

L Wang, Y Yang, Y Chen, J Zhan - Pediatric Surgery International, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of early differential diagnosis methods of biliary atresia in
patients with infantile cholestasis. Methods We searched PubMed, EMBASE and the Web of …

Ultrasound for the diagnosis of biliary atresia: a meta-analysis

L Zhou, Q Shan, W Tian, Z Wang… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to summarize the evidence on the
accuracy of various ultrasound findings for excluding a diagnosis of biliary atresia …

[HTML][HTML] Biliary atresia: Where do we stand now?

KK Govindarajan - World journal of hepatology, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The pathway from clinical suspicion to establishing the diagnosis of biliary atresia in a child
with jaundice is a daunting task. However, investigations available help to point towards the …

Ultrasound shear wave elastography: does it add value to gray-scale ultrasound imaging in differentiating biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal jaundice?

JK Sandberg, Y Sun, Z Ju, S Liu, J Jiang, M Koci… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
Background Neonatal/infantile jaundice is relatively common, and most cases resolve
spontaneously. However, in the setting of unresolved neonatal cholestasis, a prompt and …

Utility of shear wave elastography for differentiating biliary atresia from infantile hepatitis syndrome

X Wang, L Qian, L Jia, R Bellah… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential utility of shear wave
elastography (SWE) for diagnosis of biliary atresia and for differentiating biliary atresia from …

Diagnostic Performance of Sonographic Features in Patients with Biliary Atresia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

HM Yoon, CH Suh, JR Kim, JS Lee… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic performance of sonographic features of biliary atresia
in patients with infantile cholestasis. Methods The Ovid‐MEDLINE and EMBASE databases …

The porta hepatis microcyst: an additional sonographic sign for the diagnosis of biliary atresia

M Koob, D Pariente, D Habes, B Ducot… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives To describe and evaluate an additional sonographic sign in the diagnosis of
biliary atresia (BA), the microcyst of the porta hepatis, in comparison with previously …

Differentiating biliary atresia from other causes of cholestatic jaundice

DK Robie, SR Overfelt, L Xie - The American Surgeon, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA) in infants presenting with cholestatic jaundice (CJ) requires
exploratory surgery with cholangiography. However, the lack of a standardized approach to …

Analysis of clinical parameters that contribute to the misdiagnosis of biliary atresia

S Sun, G Chen, S Zheng, X Xiao, M Xu, H Yu… - Journal of pediatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Biliary atresia (BA) is one of the most common and perplexing causes of
neonatal cholestasis. Each year many cases of neonatal cholestasis are misdiagnosed as …