Patient's question:
The baby is one month old. Let's do an ultrasound first. After the examination, the doctor said she has biliary atresia. I don't understand, can an ultrasound check if the child has congenital biliary atresia?Doctor's answer:
Hello! Congenital biliary atresia is one of the most important digestive surgical diseases in pediatric surgery and the most common indication for pediatric liver transplantation. The typical case in infants is full-term delivery, most of whom are normal, with normal stool color. Jaundice generally gradually appears 2-3 weeks after birth, and some jaundice occurs in the first few days after birth and is misdiagnosed as physiological jaundice. During pregnancy, it is usually difficult to detect through systematic color Doppler ultrasound.