BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Congenital duodenal web (CDW) is an uncommon cause of duodenal obstruction and endoscopic balloon dilatation has been reported in just eight pediatric cases to date. Here we are reporting three cases of CDW managed successfully with balloon dilatation. CASES AND METHODS In 2014 we diagnosed three cases of CDW on the basis of typical radiological and endoscopic findin...

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is uncommon in premature babies. In term infants, the typical presentations include a palpable mass over the epigastric area, exaggerated gastric peristalsis after feeding and projectile non-bilious vomiting. However these symptoms are not commonly seen in premature infants. The onset of symptoms in pyloric stenosis in premature infants is later than that in term i...

An 8-day old girl, born via vaginal delivery and healthy otherwise, was admitted with the antenatal diagnosis of an intra-abdominal cyst, 5mm in diameter at 30th gestational week. Abdominal ultrasonography (USG) was performed on first postnatal day showed a 10mm cyst originating from right ovary. She remained asymptomatic for a week when she developed bilious vomiting. Her physical examination ...

A 92-year-old man who had been hospitalized for dementia developed sudden-onset bilious vomiting accompanied by a fever of 40 degrees C. Physical examination revealed an 8 cm diameter pulsatile mass in the upper abdomen. Computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated a huge infrarenal saccular aneurysm with a lobulated appearance. We considered this to be a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm co...

Choleraic and Diarrhoeic type.?The majority of these cases were adults, all seen being males. Bilious vomiting and diarrhoea, often with blood and mucus in the stools, were prominent features in almost all cases. In a few, however, vomiting was absent, but the intensely toxsemic state of the patient and the diarrhoea or dysenteric condition present might have led one to diagnose the case as one...

BACKGROUND Duodenal atresia is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates. It is associated with other congenital anomalies like Down's syndrome, annular pancreas etc. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a two days old male baby presented to us with bilious vomiting since birth. It was associated with Down's syndrome, Annular pancreas and Malrotation. CONCLUSION Duodenal atresi...

A full term neonatal baby girl presented with a lumbosacral meningomyelocele and underwent successful excision and repair. In the postoperative period, she developed abdominal distension, bilious vomiting and did not pass stools. Conservative management for ileus/intestinal obstruction failed. The abdominal exploration revealed milk curd syndrome (MCS) as a cause of intestinal obstruction. This...

A 55-day-old male baby underwent an exploratory laparotomy and a radical left nephro-ureterectomy with peri-hilar and para-aortic lymph nodal dissection for a left sided Wilms’ tumor. Postoperative course was smooth until 4thpostoperative day when mild abdominal distension and bilious nasogastric (NG) tube drainage of 95 ml was noticed. An x-ray abdomen was inconclusive while ultrasound (US) ab...