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Cystic anomalies of biliary tree in the fetus: is it possible to make a more specific prenatal diagnosis?

J Pediatr Surg

August 2002

Neonatal Surgery Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Neonatology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, and the ECO B.I. Fetal Diagnosis Center, Rome, Italy.

Background/purpose: Biliary tree cystic malformations (BCM) occur rarely. Current progress in ultrasonography makes it possible to identify them prenatally. The aim of this study was to analyze retrospectively prenatal ultrasound patterns of 5 consecutive subhepatic cysts in an effort to differentiate the BCM before birth and onset of symptoms.

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