PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 4 October 1981, pp. 606
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Byrne, W. J.
Right arrow Articles by Seibert, J. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Byrne, W. J.
Right arrow Articles by Seibert, J. J.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy with 99mTc-PIPIDA Questioned

William J. Byrne MD1, Arthur R. Euler MD1, Eustes S. Golladay MD2, and Joanna J. Seibert MD3

1 Department of Pediatrics
2 Department of Surgery
3 Department of Radiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72201

Majd et al (Pediatrics 67: 140, 1981) refer to hepatobiliary scintigraphy with 99m-labeled p-isopropylacetanilido iminodiacetic acid (99mTc-PIPIDA) as a highly accurate test for differentiating biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal jaundice. We agree that this technique is superior to rose bengal. However, their conclusion that it is highly accurate may be premature in view of the limited number of patients. Indeed the test is very sensitive (100%), but prior to their innovative use of phenobarbital it was not very specific (58%).