Neonatal Hepatitis

  • Etiology: neonatal viral infection of liver
  • US: see gallbladder
  • HIDA scan: pretreat with phenobarbital for 1 week to optimize liver uptake, decreased uptake of radiotracer in liver, excretion of radiotracer into biliary tree and bowel
  • DDX: biliary atresia

Radiology Cases of Neonatal Hepatitis