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  • Tariq Mahmood Mirza
  • Umer -i- Farooq
  • Mujahid Khalid Ali
  • Fida Hussain

Abstract

Objective: To find  the cause of neonatal jaundice in patients of upto 01 year of age, referred to Nuclear Medical Centre, AFIP Rawalpindi.

Design: Retrospective study

Place and duration of study: Nuclear Medical Centre, AFIP,Rawalpindi, January 2003 to December 2003.

Material and Methods: Patients of jaundice up to 01 year of age referred by paediatricians from Military Hospitals were subjected to radionuclide cholescintigraphy at Nuclear Medical Centre, AFIP,Rawalpindi.

Results: The pattern noted was that 41% cases were scintigraphically positive for biliary atresia, 37% cases were found to be negative for it. 16% of the cases showed scintigraphic evidence of parenchymal liver disease and the possibility of biliary atresia could not be completely ruled out in these patients. Interestingly 6% of the cases were noted to be inconclusive though they were suffering from jaundice. The female to male ratio were 1:1.5, 1:6 and 1:1.6 for biliary atresia, negative for biliary atresia and parenchymal liver disease respectively.

Conclusion: The cause of neonatal jaundice in most cases came was biliary atresia and the frequency in males was higher as compared to female patients.

Key words: Cholescintigraphy, biliary atresia, conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

 

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03-08-2016

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Mirza TM, Farooq U- i-, Ali MK, Hussain F. +923435207502. Pak J Pathol [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 3 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];20(3). Available from: https://pakjpath.com/index.php/Pak-J-Pathol/article/view/247

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Vol. 20 No. 3 (2009)

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