Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Differentiation of jaundice in infancy: an application of radionuclide biliary studies

Journal Article · · J. Surg. Oncol.; (United States)
Atresia and hypoplasia of the bile ducts are the most common congenital biliary anomalies of clinical importance. Surgical correction can help about 10% of these infants. However, surgery should be performed within the first month of life to avoid irreversible liver parenchymal changes. It is difficult to separate the surgical condition, biliary atresia, from conditions in which the trauma of laparotomy should be avoided, such as neonatal hepatitis and other clinically indistinguishable causes of obstructive jaundice. Radionuclide imaging with the /sup 99m/Tc-labeled N-substituted iminodiacetic acids (HIDA, PIDIDA, DISIDA, etc) have been helpful in the differential diagnosis of biliary atresia.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore
OSTI ID:
5808401
Journal Information:
J. Surg. Oncol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Surg. Oncol.; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN JSONA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English