[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in diagnosis of biliary atresia].
The differential diagnosis between neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia in the newborn is difficult and has therapeutic implications. Despite important advances in diagnostic tools, 10-20% of newborns with jaundice remain without definitive diagnosis. In recent years ERCP has played a decisive role in achieving definitive anatomic diagnosis, thus avoiding unnecessary exploratory laparotomy. We present our experience with ERCP using a pediatric duodenoscope in 18 newborns with inconclusive diagnoses of neonatal cholestasis.
Goldin
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Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem.
Wengrower
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Granot
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Shiller
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Ben-Sirah
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D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn