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A healthy-appearing infant who develops jaundice, dark urine, and acholic (pale) stools between 3 and 6 weeks of age may have biliary atresia.
Any infant who develops jaundice after two weeks of age must be evaluated with fractionated bilirubin (i.e., total and direct bilirubin levels).
A patient suspected of having biliary atresia generally will be referred to a pediatric gastroenterologist or pediatric surgeon.
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Biliary Atresia
<span>A healthy-appearing infant who develops jaundice, dark urine, and acholic (pale) stools between 3 and 6 weeks of age may have biliary atresia.
Any infant who develops jaundice after two weeks of age must be evaluated with fractionated bilirubin (i.e., total and direct bilirubin levels).
A patient suspected of having biliary atresia generally will be referred to a pediatric gastroenterologist or pediatric surgeon.
Treatment When diagnosed early, biliary atresia can be treated surgically with the Kasai procedure (anastomosis of the i ntrahepatic bile ducts to a loop of intestine to al Summary
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