The infant with possible biliary atresia: evaluation by ultrasound and nuclear medicine.
Twenty-eight infants with jaundice were evaluated with ultrasound and radionuclide scans. Comparison of these studies with pathologic, surgical and clinical examinations demonstrated good correlation between ultrasonic and radionuclide studies. Ultrasound is an important preliminary study in the workup of such patients. Combined imaging provides the most information in a patient with suspected biliary atresia.
D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C024340:technetium Tc 99m (para-butyl)iminodiacetic acid; D013667:Technetium