Ultrasound and jaundice.
We have examined 26 consecutive jaundiced patients referred to the ultrasound clinic. A differentiation between extrahepatic and other causes of jaundice was possible in 23 of the 24 patients satisfactorily examined. The use of ultrasonic techniques in the jaundiced patient offers a high degree of accuracy to the clinician, and little or no discomfort to the patient.
D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography