Bile plug syndrome

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Overview

Bile plug syndrome is a correctable cause of obstructive jaundice in infants. In this syndrome, the extra-hepatic biliary system is obstructed by the impacted inspissated bile. It should be differentiated from Biliary atresia and choledochal cysts by surgical exploration and transcholecystic cholangiography.