| The association of biliary atresia and splenic abnormalities. Cardiac defect, situs inversus and a preduodenal portal vein can also be present. It represents the embryonal or syndromic form of biliary atresia. It affects newborns or infants and is characterized by jaundice, pale stools, dark urine, failure to thrive, hepatomegaly, coagulopathy, anemia and often palpable spleen. |