ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON CONGENITAL PYLORIC STENOSIS

Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: A Case Report

Background Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is a common surgical condition in infancy, and typically presents at 2-4 weeks of age. Case Presentation A full term male neonate in Zeinabieh hospital, Shiraz, Iran was presented with oral feeding intolerance from birth, bile-stained...

Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

Szilagyi and McGraw in 1943 aptly pointed out that 'When a disease has ceased to be a therapeutic problem, scientific interest in it is likely to wane. Not infrequently successful measures of treatment are devised before the fundamental problems of a disease have been solved, and in such instances the consequent lack of interest will be reflected in the neglect of the related, less practical bu...

Pyloric stenosis: congenital or acquired?

Pyloric muscle dimensions were measured in 1400 consecutive newborn infants. Nine of these subsequently developed pyloric stenosis. Their pyloric measurements at birth were all within the normal range. Congenital preformed muscular hypertrophy does not appear to be present in babies who later develop pyloric stenosis.

The Genetics of Congenital Pyloric Stenosis

An Unusual Case of Congenital Pyloric Stenosis.

V.K., female, aged 7 months, was admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, under the care of Dr. Robert Hutchison on the 28th November 1928, suffering from vomiting, constipation and wasting. HISTORY. 7 weeks premature infant. Normal labour. Birth-weight 51b. Progress appeared to be satisfactory until 14 days old, when vomiting commenced. This was projectile in character,...