Biliary scintigraphy versus ultrasonography in the etiological diagnosis of neonatal jaundice

ABSTRACT

Twenty-five patients complaining of neonatal jaundice was studied using biliary scintigraphy with Tc-99-HIDA and ultrasonography to evaluate the cause of jaundice. The aim of the study is the differentiation between biliary atresia and with a surgical emergency and other causes of jaundice especially hepatitis. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy showed a sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 95.83%, 93.33% and 92% respectively. While ultrasonography showed 92.85, 73.62 and 80% respectively. In conclusion, combination of both modalities is more beneficial in differentiation of etiology of neonatal jaundice