Laparoscopic finding of a hepatic subcapsular spider-like telangiectasis sign in biliary atresia

Figure 6 Images in a 53-day-old patient with biliary atresia. A: Dispersed type of the HSST sign (red arrow); B: Image of laparoscopic cholangiography indicates biliary atresia; C: Hepatic arterial flow extending to the hepatic surface on color Doppler US image (green arrow) indicates positive HSF. Laparoscopic HSST sign and the result of laparoscopic cholangiography were easier to identify than distinguishing HSF in a color Doppler US image. HSST: Hepatic subcapsular spider-like telangiectasis; US: Ultrasonography; HSF: Hepatic subcapsular flow.