Biliary atresia
... is most common in East Asia, with a frequency of one in 5,000. The cause of biliary atresia in Egyptian infants ... If left untreated, biliary atresia can lead to liver failure. Unlike other forms of jaundice, however, biliary-atresia-related ... Syndromic biliary atresia (e.g. Biliary Atresia Splenic Malformation (BASM)) has been associated with certain genes (e.g. ... transposition of the great vessels and the syndromic form of biliary atresia. Chardot, Christophe (2006). "Biliary atresia". ...
Situs ambiguus
Biliary atresia is not usually observed in patients with right atrial isomerism. Random positioning of the stomach is often one ... Biliary atresia, or inflammation and destruction of the bile ducts, may lead to jaundice. Vomiting and swelling of the ... This biliary atresia can lead to acute problems such as nutrient malabsorption, pale stools, dark urine, and abdominal swelling ... Following cholangiogram, a Kasai procedure is usually performed in cases of biliary atresia. In this surgery, a Y-shaped shunt ...
Deirdre Kelly (academic)
She was also part of the team that analyzed the handling of Biliary Atresia patients in England and Wales from 1999 to 2002 in ... McKiernan, P. J.; Baker, A. J.; Kelly, D. A. (1 January 2000). "The frequency and outcome of biliary atresia in the UK and ... McKiernan, P. J., Baker, A. J., & Kelly, D. A. (2000). The frequency and outcome of biliary - atresia in the UK and Ireland. ... Hepatology 2006 May; 43(5): 1109-1117 Hartley, J. L., Davenport, M., & Kelly, D. A. (2009). Biliary atresia. The Lancet, 374( ...
Atresia
Examples of atresia include: Aural atresia (anotia), a congenital deformity where the ear canal is underdeveloped. Biliary ... "Biliary atresia". PubMed Health. Retrieved 11 September 2012. Zieve, David. "Choanal atresia". Pubmed Health. Retrieved 11 ... Congenital bronchial atresia, a rare congenital abnormality Choanal atresia, blockage of the back of the nasal passage, usually ... "Pulmonary atresia". PubMed Health. Retrieved 11 September 2012. "Tricuspid atresia". PubMed Health. Retrieved 11 September 2012 ...
Morio Kasai
Kasai and a colleague, Sozo Suzuki, worked together in the 1950s to devise a surgery to treat babies born with biliary atresia ... "About the Biliary Atresia Clinical Care Program". www.chop.edu. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Retrieved August 18, 2018 ... While the procedure is not a definitive cure for biliary atresia and about half of patients require liver transplantation by ... Bessho, Kazuhiko (December 2015). "Complications and quality of life in long-term survivors of biliary atresia with their ...
Failure to thrive
Govindarajan, Krishna Kumar (2016-12-28). "Biliary atresia: Where do we stand now?". World Journal of Hepatology. 8 (36): 1593- ... "Malnutrition in Biliary Atresia: Assessment, Management, and Outcomes". Liver Transplantation. 28 (3): 483-492. doi:10.1002/lt. ...
Chang Mei-hwei
Biliatresone
Patman, G. (2015). "Biliary tract: Newly identified biliatresone causes biliary atresia". Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 12 (7 ... It has been found to cause extrahepatic biliary atresia in a zebrafish model. The enone moiety of biliatresone is particularly ... May 2015). "Identification of a plant isoflavonoid that causes biliary atresia". Sci Transl Med. 7 (286): 286ra67. doi:10.1126/ ... 2016). "Reactivity of biliatresone, a natural biliary toxin, with glutathione, histamine, and amino acids". Chem. Res. Toxicol ...
J. Michael Millis
"Management of Biliary Atresia". In: Surgical Disease of the Biliary Tract and Pancreas (1994) "Management of Primary Hepatic ... "Transplantation for Biliary Atresia". In: Transplantation of the Liver (1996) "Liver Transplantation". In: Maingot's Abdominal ... new techniques of liver surgery that improved outcomes following liver transplantation and non transplant liver and biliary ...
Eddie Rabbitt
Timmy was diagnosed with biliary atresia upon birth. The condition required a liver transplant for survival and he underwent ...
Neonatal cholestasis
Some of the causes of neonatal cholestasis are listed below: Biliary atresia Choledochal cyst Cholelithiasis Malignancy Alpha-1 ... Biliary atresia requires urgent surgical intervention with intraoperative cholangiography. A hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) ... of neonatal cholestasis cases are caused by biliary atresia. This is one of the most common causes for neonatal cholestasis. ... and alternatives to Kasai hepato-portoenterostomy to improve the outcome in biliary atresia". Pediatric Surgery International. ...
CFC1
Davit-Spraul A, Baussan C, Hermeziu B, Bernard O, Jacquemin E (2008). "CFC1 gene involvement in biliary atresia with ...
Isoflavonoid
Recently, some natural isoflavonoids have been identified as toxins, including biliatresone which may cause biliary atresia ... "Identification of a plant isoflavonoid that causes biliary atresia". Science Translational Medicine. 7 (286): 286ra67. doi: ...
Ursodeoxycholic acid
It is contraindicated in obstruction of biliary tracts such as biliary atresia. It's not effective in liver allograft rejection ... Kotb MA (July 2008). "Review of historical cohort: ursodeoxycholic acid in extrahepatic biliary atresia". Journal of Pediatric ... UDCA is used as therapy in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC; previously known as primary biliary cirrhosis) where it can ... which commonly occurs due to the rapid weight loss producing biliary cholesterol oversaturation and also biliary dyskinesia ...
List of eponymous surgical procedures
"The extended Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia: A preliminary report". Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric ...
Cat eye syndrome
... biliary atresia) and chromosome 22 aneuploidy. Allotey J, Lacaille F, Lees MM, Strautnieks S, Thompson RJ, Davenport M. J ... Hernias Biliary atresia Rarer malformations can affect almost any organ Intellectual disability - many are intellectually ... 1965). "Chromosomes in Coloboma and Anal Atresia". Lancet. 2 (7406): 290. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(65)92415-3. PMID 14330081. ... Anal atresia (abnormal obstruction of the anus) Downward-slanting palpebral fissures (openings between the upper and lower ...
Glypican
Mutations in this gene have also been associated with biliary atresia. Ho M, Kim H (February 2011). "Glypican-3: a new target ... "Evidence from human and zebrafish that GPC1 is a biliary atresia susceptibility gene". Gastroenterology. 144 (5): 1107-1115.e3 ...
Hepatoportoenterostomy
Gómez-Bravo (Nov 2015). "Outcomes of Liver Transplantation During Adulthood After Kasai Portoenterostomy Due to Biliary Atresia ... cholangitis and malabsorption are common Many children with biliary atresia will require liver transplantation despite the ... or Kasai portoenterostomy is a surgical treatment performed on infants with Type IVb choledochal cyst and biliary atresia to ... This procedure was developed in 1951 by Japanese biliary and hepatic pediatric surgeon Morio Kasai (1922-2008). Prognosis of ...
Alagille syndrome
Patients with biliary atresia may require a Kasai procedure to improve bile drainage; however, later liver transplantation is ... biliary atresia). Bile duct paucity results in the reduced absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K), which ... Partial biliary diversion has been used to significantly reduce pruritus, jaundice, and xanthoma caused by poor bile flow in ...
Vanishing bile duct syndrome
T cells recognize biliary epithelial cell antigens causing injury and eventual atresia. Primary biliary cirrhosis Primary ... Intrahepatic bile duct atresia (Alagille syndrome) (ALGS2 MIM:610205 and ALGS1 MIM:118450) Extrahepatic bile duct atresia ...
Bile duct
... can be carried out to relieve the symptoms of biliary obstruction. In infants with biliary atresia, hepatoportoenterostomy is ... Biliary drainage is performed with a tube or catheter (called a biliary drain, biliary stent or biliary catheter) by a surgeon ... A biliary drain can also be used to take bile samples for diagnostic workup or disease monitoring, as well as providing a route ... The biliary tree (see below) is the whole network of various sized ducts branching through the liver. The path is as follows: ...
Danny Vukovic
His son was diagnosed with biliary atresia soon after birth, and required a liver transplant. This was a contributing factor ...
MMP7
Polysplenia
... biliary atresia, and several cardiac malformations. Associated cardiac conditions include dextrocardia, atrial situs ambiguus, ... such as intestinal malrotation or biliary atresia, as well as cardiac abnormalities, such as dextrocardia. There are frequent ...
Neonatal hepatitis
Orthoreovirus
Diseases associated with this genus include mild upper respiratory tract disease, gastroenteritis, and biliary atresia. ...
Dennis C. Wolff
The camp is "A Special Camp for Special Kids." In 1984, Wolff's youngest son, Nicholas, was born with biliary atresia, an ...
Odevixibat
... biliary atresia, and primary biliary cholangitis. Odevixibat was granted its initial approval in July 2021, in the European ... "Ileal bile acid transporter inhibition as an anticholestatic therapeutic target in biliary atresia and other cholestatic ...
That's Life!
Ben Hardwick was a two-year-old toddler dying of biliary atresia, with only a few weeks to live. He was being treated by ...