title: [Spontaneous perforation of the biliary tract during the neonatal period].
abstract: Spontaneous perforation of the biliary passages is a rare condition during the first months of life. The course of the condition may be acute or more chronic. The symptoms are jaundice, clay-coloured stools, dark urine, distended abdomen, regurgitation and failure to thrive. The diagnosis can be established by scanning of the abdomen and 99mTc-HIDA-scintigraphy of the biliary passages. The perforation is usually found to be localized to the transition between the cystic duct and the common hepatic duct and is probably due to a localized development defect in the biliary passages. Operation is always required. The prognosis is good and the infants do well after operation.
authors.affiliation: Paediatrisk, røntgen og klinisk fysiologisk afdeling, Aalborg Sygehus.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Storm
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebbesen
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Spontan perforation af galdeveje i neonatalperioden.