Role of Ultrasound in Diagnosis Obstructive Jaundice ‬

Abstract

In most instances, abdominal US is considered to be the screening procedure of choice for the diagnosis of obstructive jaundice of unknown etiology. This study was done to assess the role of ultrasound in diagnosis of obstructive jaundice and to identify the sonographic features. The study took place in Ibnsina hospital in the period between Jan 2015 and March 2015. A total of 50 patients with obstructive jaundice were examined using ultrasound machine, 3.5-7 MHz probe. The study revealed that 56% of the study population with obstructive jaundice were male and 44% was female. The most common affected groups were housekeepers 42% and workers 38%. The major sonographic feature of obstructive jaundice were biliary tree dilatation (78%). The ultrasound modality had role in detection cause of obstructive jaundice 26% were as other diagnostic modalities 74%. Ultrasound was superior diagnostic tool in detecting and assessing biliary system obstruction, because it was easy, available, accurate and noninvasive.