Difference in clinicopathological features of congenital biliary atresia children with and without Kasai procedure: a comparative study in 58 cases

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To investigate clinicopathological features of congenital biliary atresia (BA) children with or without Kasai procedure for improving the understanding and diagnostic accuracy of BA.Methods The clinical data of BA patients who were hospitalized in Beijing Friendship Hospital from January 2017 to October 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Results Fifty-eight qualified cases were enrolled in this study. Among all the patients, 14 cases (24.1%) didn’t have Kasai procedure (non-Kasai group), and 44 cases (75.9%) underwent Kasai procedure (Kasai group) previously. Medium age was 6.5 (6.0, 8.0) months in non-Kasai group and 12.0 (8.0, 36.0) months in Kasai group, which showed significantly difference (P<0.001). Ratio of male to female was 1∶1.2. Total bilirubin level and model for end-stage liver disease score in Kasai group were significantly lower than those in non-Kasai group, respectively [51.89 (17.40, 222.13) vs. 334.90 (274.89, 506.52), P<0.001; 15.44 ± 8.31 vs. 21.24 ± 6.02, P=0.019]. In Kasai group, pathological features of acute cholestasis such as hepatocellular cholestasis, bile plugs in bile capillary and cholestasis in Kupffer cells, were significantly improved. Moreover, ductular reactions and bile plugs in bile ductules were reduced, and widths of fibrous septa were narrower.Conclusion The main differences of clinicopathological features in BA patients pre- and post- Kasai would contribute to a better understanding and improvement in diagnostic accuracy of this disease.

Key words: Congenital biliary atresia, Kasai procedure, Histological features, Liver transplantation

ZHAO Xin-yan, LUO Wen-ping, LIU Li-wei, WEI Lin, HE En-hui , JIA Ji-dong, SUN Li-ying, ZHU Zhi-jun. Difference in clinicopathological features of congenital biliary atresia children with and without Kasai procedure: a comparative study in 58 cases[J]. Chinese Hepatolgy, 2019, 24(2): 126-129.

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