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We reviewed the clinical findings of 9 neonatal cholestatic infants with NP-C genetically diagnosed between January 2015 and December 2020. Seven underwent liver biopsy at ages ranging from 35 to 112\u00a0d. Foam cells were only detected in 2 (28.6%, 2\/7) liver tissues obtained beyond 3\u00a0months of age. However, vacuolated Kupffer cells were detected in all 7 liver tissues. Their significance was explored by using 168 neonatal cholestatic infants, who underwent genetic tests and liver biopsy between January 2018 and December 2020. Of them, 26 detected vacuolated Kupffer cells. Six (23.1%, 6\/26) were diagnosed as NP-C, comparing to none of the 142 neonatal cholestatic infants without vacuolated Kupffer cells (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic><jats:sup><jats:italic>2<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> = 33.983, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). The ratio of positive diagnosis of NP-C was 31.6% (6\/19) in neonatal cholestatic infants with both vacuolated Kupffer cells and splenomegaly. 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