A Case of Congenital Biliary Atresia associated with Ectopic Pancreatic Tissue

ABSTRACT

Congenital biliary atresia is the commonest cause of prolonged obstructive jaundice in the neonatal period, and is due to the pathologic closure of a major portion or segment of the biliary tree. The neonate with prolonged obstructive jaundice poses a diagnostic dilemma that may be insoluble by routine clinical and laboratory studies. This applies particularly to the most common entities, neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia. We esperienced one case of congenital biliary atresia associated with ectopic pancreatic tissue in 23 day-old female which was confirmed by autospy. Literature about congenital biliary atresia were reviewed.