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LB20.21 category

Biliary atresia

Definition

Biliary atresia is a rare disease characterised by an inflammatory biliary obstruction of unknown origin that presents in the neonatal period. It is the most frequent surgical cause of cholestatic jaundice in this age group. Untreated, this condition leads to cirrhosis and death within the first years of life.

Also indexed as

Atresia of bile ductsBA - [biliary atresia]Biliary atresiaEHBA - [extrahepatic biliary atresia]Extrahepatic biliary atresiaIntrahepatic biliary atresiaatresia of common ductbile duct atresiabile ductal atresiabiliary duct atresiacongenital atresia of extrahepatic bile ductcongenital bile duct atresiacongenital biliary atresiacongenital hepatic ductal obstructioncystic duct atresiaimpervious bile duct

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of bile ducts