title: [Cholangioscintigraphy in diagnosing biliary atresia].
abstract: The authors present five cases of suspected congenital biliary atresia. In four cases cholescintigraphy with 99Tcm-HIDA allowed a safe preoperative diagnosis, confirmed at operation. Therefore this procedure most be considered essential in the diagnosis of congenital jaundice and in the postoperative evaluation of hepatic-porto-enterostomy function.
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium
vernacular_title: La colangioscintigrafia nella diagnosi di atresia delle vie biliari.