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Definition: Biliary atresia is a condition in which the normal extrahepatic biliary system is disrupted
Progressive damage of extrahepatic and intrahepatic bile ducts secondary to inflammation may occur,
leading to fibrosis, biliary cirrhosis, and eventual liver failure
Biliary atresia is characterized by luminal obstruction
of the extrahepatic bile duct with a fibrous ductal
remnant representing the obliterated duct in the porta hepatis
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® Prevalence: Approximately 1 in 10,000-15,000 births
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2 distinct clinical forms:
- fetal-embryonic (or syndromic): is characterized by early cholestasis, appears in the first 2 weeks of life, accounts for 10-35% of all cases In this form, the bile ducts are
discontinuous at birth, and 10-20% of affected neonates have associated congenital defects: s\\s inversus,
oo ysplenia, malrotation, intestinal atresia, and cardiac
anomalies
perinatal (or acquired): accounts for the remaining 65- 90% cases This form is typically found in neonates and infants aged 2-8 weeks Progressive inflammation and obliteration of the extrahepatic bile ducts occurs after
birth This form is not associated with congenital
anomalies, and infants may have a short . -free interval
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portion of the extrahepatic bile ducts are patent (the proximal common hepatic
duct is patent, allowing for
primary anastomosis of the extrahepatic bile duct to the
bowel.)
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Kasai classification: 3 main types type I: the common bile duct is
obliterated while the proximal bile ducts are patent
type Ila: atresia of the hepatic uct, the cystic and common bile ducts are patent
- type IIb: the cystic, common bile duct: and hepatic ducts are obliterated
on II]: atresia refers to
iscontinuity of the right and the left hepatic ducts to the level of the porta hepatis, more than 90% of cases
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[maging modalities:
- Ultrasonography: the initial investigation in patients with suspected biliary atresia
- Hepatobiliary scintigraphy
- Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
- Surgical and percutaneous cholangiography
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
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© Ultrasonography:
- Technique: fasting at least 4 hours before examination 2 times obtained: 60 -go minutes after patient was fed - The gallbladder ghost triad: a gallbladder length less than
1.5cm(1.9cm), a thin or indistinct gallbladde wall, and an irregular and lobular contour
- The triangular cord sign( TC sign): a circumscribed, focal,
triangular or tubular echogenic density more than 3 mm thick located cranial to the portal vein bifurcation
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- For evaluation of gallbladder contraction, the examination was repeated 60-go min after the infant was fed
- The volume of the gallbladder was calculated using the following equation: V= 0,52 x width x width x length
- Gallbladder contraction was evaluated by calculating the contraction
index (Cl) as follows:
Cl(%)= 100 x (fasting Volume — postprandial Volume)/ fasting Volume
- Anormal C! = 86% = 18% (mean + SD) in 6-week-old infants(value for
patients younger than 12 weeks old) and 67% + 42° in 4-month-old
(value for patients 12 weeks old or older )
If the Cl less than the mean + SD, the gallbladder was described as
uncontracted
(Sonographic Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia in Pediatric Patients Using the “Triangular Cord” Sign Versus
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Gallblader
Gallbladder ghost triad in babies with biliary atresia Longitudinal scans of the gallbladder in (A) a 3-week- old girl and (B) a 5-week-old boy demonstrate a short
gallbladder, an irregular or
lobulated contour, anda
relatively indistinct lining and wall
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64-day-old female infant with biliary atresia
Sonogram shows
abnormal gallbladder
(arrows) Gallbladder is
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® Small, abnormal
gallbladder (arrow) in 8-
week-old infant with BA
has irregular wall and
abnormal shape
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® Abnormal gallbladder
(arrow) in 10-week-old
infant with BA Note the
more subtle irregularity
of the wall (arrowheads)
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the fibrous ductal remnant and
a) Photograph of surgical one of ze
obliterated extrahepatic bile ducts blood vessels around the porta
shows the fibrous ductal remnant hepatis The triangular, cone-
(black arrowheads) in the porta | shaped, fibrous ductal remnant hepatis, atretic gallbladder (arrow), P
and fibrous common bile duct (white (black arrowheads, green) Is
arrowhead) The fibrous ductal positioned anterior and slightly
remnant is a triangular cone-shaped superior to the portal vein (long mass arrow, blue) and the hepatic artery ;
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the triangular cord ina
baby with biliary atresia,
which appears as a focal echogenic triangular or ovoid density just
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with biliary atresia Sonogram reveals
tubular echogenic cord
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echogenic cord (arrows) “Triangular cord” was
0.3-0.4 cm wide and 1.3-
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shows TC sign (arrow) in
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Sonogram in 10-week-old
infant with BA shows TC sign (arrow) superior to portal
vein (arrowhead)
The TC sign (cursors) asa
thick, tubular, echogenic area
along the anterior aspect of the right portal vein (long
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(b) Transverse scanshows Images ofa 3s-day-old boy
triangular echogenic area with biliary atresia (a)
(cursors) in the anterior Longitudinal scan shows TC
aspect ofthe portal veinin sign (cursors) with a 5.1-mm-
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Images of a 36-day-old boy with biliary atresia but no
demonstrable TC sign (a)
Longitudinal US scan shows
EARPYV is 3.0 mm thick between
cursors
(b) Surgical specimen of the
fibrous ductal remnant is a pattern of fibrous hepatic
duct (arrowheads) in the
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Sonography sign accuracy
® The diagnostic accuracy of the triangular cord
sign( TC sign) was 95%, sensitivity was 93%, and specificity was 96%
© The diagnostic accuracy of gallbladder length was
71%, sensitivity was 72%, and specificity was 69% © The diagnostic accuracy of gallbladder contraction
was 77%, sensitivity was 85%, and specificity was 73%
Trang 22-Hepatobiliary scir ® A technetium-labeled iminodiacetic acid (IDA) ae is typically used, include” Tc (technetium-ggm
DISIDA sega yl-iminodiacetic
acid) and" Tc tebrofenid
(trimethylbromo-iminodiacetic acid)
® Infants with biliary atresia usually have normal hepatocyte uptake of the radiotracer if they are younger than 2 months of age
® If excretion of radiotracer into the
bowel is seen, biliary atresia is
virtually excluded If radiotracer
excretion is absent after 24 hours (as
it is in the image below), biliary atresia is suspected
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activity in the central
common bile duct and
small intestine
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© Surgical cholangiography is typically performed by
injecting contrast material through the gallbladder If no communication is seen between the biliary tree and the gastrointestinal tract, biliary atresia is diagnosed
urgical and percutaneous cholangiog
© Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous
cholecystocholangiography is a relatively new technique in which radiographic contrast material is injected into the gallbladder under ultrasonographic guidance and the extrahepatic biliary system is viewed with fluoroscopy ® Liver biopsy is often used to confirm the diagnosis of
biliary atresia and may be done at the same time as surgical or percutaneous cholangiography
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Surgical and percutaneous cholangiography
Biliary atresia and central
cyst:
(A) Oblique sonogram
demonstrates a large cystic structure in the porta
hepatis
(B) Intraoperative
cholangiogram
demonstrates filling of the
cyst and mildly dilated intrahepatic ducts but no communication with the duodenum m
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Pathologic changes in biliary atresia: a marked neonatal hepatitis: lobular
disarray, giant cell degree of fibrosis, bile duct
transformation, and proliferation, and portal
mononuclear lobular inflammation
infiltrate
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® ERCP allows direct visualization of the extrahepatic biliary tree
with the injection of F250) DẸTE contrast agent into the
extrahepatic biliary system through the papilla of Vater It requires a general anesthetic, substantial expertise, and the availability of sufficiently small endoscopes
® This technique can show obstruction in the common bile duct and enables visualization of the extrahepatic biliary system
distal to the common hepatic duct and the extrahepatic biliary system with bile lakes at the porta hepatis
® ERCP, while not an alternative to noninvasive imaging, can be used to avoid surgery in approximately 25% of cases
(a study by Petersen et al)
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® Findings in infants with biliary atresia include
incomplete visualization of the extrahepatic biliary
system and periportal high signal intensity on T2- weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans
(which may represent cystic dilatation of fetal bile
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Triangular Area of High Signal Intensity in the Porta Hepatis at T2-weighted MR Cholangiography with US Correlation
Images obtained in a 13-day-old
female neonate with acholic stool (a)
Transverse gray-scale US image of the
liver shows an echogenic triangular cord (arrowheads) that contains a linear hypoechoic lesion (arrow)
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cholestatic jaundice and acholic stool
power Doppler US image shows a tubular cystic lesion (straight arrow), which does not have a flow signal,
anterior to the portal vein (curved
arrow) Cursors indicate the
maximum depth of this cystic lesion
Oblique coronal T2-weighted
single-shot fast SE MR
cholangiogr am demonstrates an
inver ted tr riangular area of high
signal intensity (arrow) anda
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Doppler US image of the liver shows a small ovoid hypoechoic lesion (arrow) within a triangular t cord that abuts the portal vein
Oblique coronal thick-slab T2-
weighted single-shot fast SE
MR cholangiogram shows a small triangular area of high
signal intensity (arrow) inthe
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Images obtained in a 40-day-old
female infant with jaundice and
acholic stool (a) Oblique gray-scale US image of the liver shows a
tria ngular hypoechoic lesion (long straight arrow) within a periportal
echogenic mass, a dilated common
bile duct (short straight arrow), and the portal vein (curved arrow)
Cursors indicate the maximum width
(0.79 cm) of the dilated common bile
uct
(b) Oblique coronal thick-slab MR T2- Geighted single-shot fast SE MR
cholangiogram shows a choledochal cyst (short arrow) and the gallbladder (arrowheads) The triangular area of high signal intensity (long arrow) located in the porta hepatis is not continuous with the choledochal cyst or gallbladder Intraoperative
cholangiogram (not shown)
demonstrated a choledochal cyst, but the triangular structure at the porta
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® Treatment: Kasai portoenterostomy( a Roux-en-Y
anastomosis ofthe bowel to the bed of the porta
hepatis)
© Prognostic: patient had BA will have good prognosis if be operated as soon as possible before 3 months of age