Accuracy of echogenic periportal enlargement image in ultrasonographic exams and histopathology in differential diagnosis of biliary atresia
Author(s) -
Mariza Leitão Valadares Roquete,
Alexandre Rodrígues Ferreira,
Eleonora Druve Tavares Fagundes,
Lúcia Porto Fonseca de Castro,
Rogério A. P. Silva,
Francisco José Penna
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
jornal de pediatria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1678-4782
pISSN - 0021-7557
DOI - 10.2223/jped.1811
Subject(s) - biliary atresia , medicine , histopathology , laparotomy , cholestasis , radiology , cord , echogenicity , pathology , ultrasound , gastroenterology , surgery , transplantation , liver transplantation
To define the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the ultrasound triangular cord sign and hepatic histopathology, in isolation or in combination, for diagnostic differentiation between biliary atresia and intrahepatic cholestasis.
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