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Improved diagnosis of extraheptic biliary atresia by high frequency ultrasound of the gall bladder

P Farrant, DMU1, H B Meire, FRCR1 and G Mieli-Vergani, MD, PhD2

1Department of Radiology and 2The Variety Club Children's Hospital, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK



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  		Figure 1. Normal gall bladder. The gall bladder shape is regular and there is an identifiable wall structure of uniform thickness.

 


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  		Figure 2. Gall bladder in biliary atresia, showing an irregular shape and irregular wall thickness.

 


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  		Figure 3. Gall bladder appearances in the 158 study patients. GB, gall bladder; BA, biliary atresia.

 


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  		Figure 4. Gall bladder in biliary atresia. The shape of the gall bladder is regular but there is absence of the normal wall structure.

 




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