ArticleUltrasonography (Seoul, Korea)2022
Differentiation of cystic biliary atresia and choledochal cysts using prenatal ultrasonography.
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- Genetic diagnosis in fetuses with biliary tract system abnormalities: a meta-analysis and systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- The diagnostic performance of ultrasound features for biliary atresia: a systematic review and updated meta-analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of Robot-Versus Laparoscopy-Assisted Resection of Choledochal Cysts in Infants Aged Less than 3 Months.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted choledochal cysts resection in children across all ages: a larger cohort single-center experience with 318 Cases.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Surgical management strategies and postoperative outcomes of choledochal cysts in children: the role of preoperative radiological assessment in a retrospective observational study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Early Definitive Surgery for Congenital Biliary Dilatation in Children Is Associated With Lower Morbidity: Comparison of Infant and School-Age Children From 231 Consecutive Cases in a Multicenter Study in the Kyushu Area of Japan During the Past Decade.Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences · 2025Article
- Early postnatal characteristics and differential diagnosis of choledochal cyst and cystic biliary atresia.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Comparison of the current characteristics and management of congenital biliary dilatation with and without a fetal diagnosis: report of 231 consecutive cases from the Kyushu Pediatric Surgery Study Group in Japan over the past decade.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of Da Vinci robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery for congenital choledochal cyst in neonates.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Transfer learning method for prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of biliary atresia.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Key postnatal magnetic resonance characteristics for differentiating cystic biliary atresia from choledochal cyst.European radiology · 2024Article
- Biliatresone: progress in biliary atresia study.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2023Review
- Anomalies of the fetal gallbladder: pre-and postnatal correlations.Pediatric radiology · 2023Article
- Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Prenatal Diagnosis of Choledochal Cysts: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis.International journal of clinical practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study explored the performance of prenatal ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of cystic biliary atresia (CBA) and choledochal cyst (CC).
methodsFetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst in the second trimester were included in this study. A series of prenatal ultrasound examinations were performed in the second and third trimesters. The diameter of the gallbladder (GB) and hepatic cyst were measured, as well as the wall thickness of the GB. The GB-cyst connection, visibility of the right hepatic artery (RHA), and other concomitant abnormalities were carefully evaluated. A neonatal transabdominal ultrasound examination was performed within 1 week after birth, and clinical data were followed up to 6 months after birth.
resultsBetween January 1, 2016 and January 31, 2020, 53 fetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst were recruited. Eight were excluded because they were lost to follow-up. Among the 45 cases included in this study, 10 were diagnosed with CBA and 35 with CC after birth. Statistically significant differences were found in GB width, wall thickness, change in GB width, change in cyst length, GB-cyst connection, and RHA visibility between the CBA and CC groups. GB width showed the best diagnostic performance with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.899. The combination of GB width, GB wall thickness, and GB-cyst connection yielded a comparable AUC of 0.971.
conclusionThe GB should be carefully evaluated in fetuses with hepatic hilar cyst. Prenatal ultrasound findings could provide suggestive parameters for the differential diagnosis of CBA from CC.
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