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Hilar Choledochal Cyst Mimicking Biliary Atresia on Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy: a Case Report

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Hepatobiliary scintigraphy has been widely used for the differential diagnosis of neonatal cholestasis. Relatively good hepatic uptake with no evidence of excretion into the bowel for up to 24 h is a representative finding of biliary atresia. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy has very high sensitivity and moderate specificity. Here, we report a false-positive case of hepatobiliary scintigraphy in a child with a choledochal cyst, which mimicked biliary atresia.

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    Il-Hyun Kim, Young-Sil An, Su Jin Lee & Joon-Kee Yoon

  2. Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Worldcup-ro 164, Suwon, Kyunggi-do, 16499, Republic of Korea

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Kim, IH., An, YS., Lee, S.J. et al. Hilar Choledochal Cyst Mimicking Biliary Atresia on Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy: a Case Report. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 55, 96–99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-021-00688-5

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