Vomiting Infant

Gastric duplication cyst in an infant presenting with non-bilious vomiting.

In an infant presenting with a mass in the abdomen and non-bilious vomiting, duplication cyst needs to be considered in the list of differential diagnoses. Gastric duplication cyst is an uncommon occurrence in children. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings and imaging features. Surgical excision is safe and offers a complete cure. The literature recommends excision even in asymptomatic cases...

Vomiting.

Vomiting can be the presenting symptom of a variety of disorders, ranging from self-limited diseases to life-threatening diseases. The causes of vomiting vary with age of presentation, and pediatricians should develop the skill to identify serious conditions at the earliest stage based on the age of presentation. Bilious emesis at any age is a sign of intestinal obstruction until proven otherwi...

An Unusual Cause of Vomiting in an Infant of 3 Months of Age

This is a 3-month-old infant with a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis presenting with projectile vomiting and no fever and no abdominal pain.

A Great Mimicker: Upper Respiratory Infection, Vomiting, Irritability and Strong Smelling Urine In An Infant

Cardiac vomiting.

This survey was stimulated by a recent article on vomiting as a diagnostic aid in acute cardiac ischaemia in which the incidence of vomiting in 109 consecutive coronary care unit patients was prospectively related to the nature and site of infarction. ' In transmural infarction, about half the patients had vomited, even before the use of analgesic drugs. This high incidence was not seen in sube...