Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in an Adolescent Girl: An Atypical Presentation of an Unexpected Disease [PDF]
Diseases, 2023 Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a common cause of vomiting in the first few weeks of life, but in rare cases, it may occur in older subjects with a major risk of delayed diagnosis and complications. We describe the case of a 12-year-and-8-month-old girl
Simona Gatti +5 more
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Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in a Preterm Dizygotic Female Twin Infant: Case Report [PDF]
Children, 2022 Infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis are usually diagnosed at about 3 to 8 weeks of age. The clinical onset of symptoms in preterm babies is observed normally at a later age than in term or post-term newborns. This report describes a rare case of a
Besiana P. Beqo +2 more
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Recurrent Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in the Emergency Department: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common cause of infant vomiting. Emergency department (ED) diagnosis is usually made by pyloric ultrasound and treated by pyloromyotomy.
Adeola A. Kosoko, Diego Craik Tobar
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Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis masked by kidney failure in a male infant with a contiguous gene deletion syndrome at Xp22.31 involving the steroid sulfatase gene: case report. [PDF]
Ital J Pediatr, 2022 Background Contiguous gene deletion syndrome at Xp22.3 resulting in nullisomy in males or Turner syndrome patients typically encompasses the steroid sulfatase gene ( STS ) and contiguously located other genes expanding the phenotype.
Schierz IAM +8 more
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Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery (SIVI) in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in neonates and infants [PDF]
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2020 The most appropriate treatment for the infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HPS) is still debated. The non-surgical conservative treatment with oral or intravenous administration of atropine does not enjoy a widespread appreciation for several ...
Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza +16 more
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Late-Onset Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in a 14-Weeks-Old Full Term Male Infant
Acta Medica, 2019 Background: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is the most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in infants, and classically presents at 2 to 6 weeks of age. Delayed presentation is an extremely rare occurrence after early infancy.
Zenon Pogorelić +4 more
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Ultrasound diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis - Time to change the criteria. [PDF]
Australas J Ultrasound Med, 2022 Ultrasound is the examination of choice for the diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). A correct diagnosis is dependent on the technique and measurement accuracy.
Piotto L +4 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of palpation and ultrasonography for diagnosing infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Br J Radiol, 2022 Objective: Although infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a well-known disease, there is no systematic review regarding the optimal diagnostic strategy.
van den Bunder FA +4 more
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Case report: Late-onset hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a 3-year-old boy: It is never too late. [PDF]
Front Pediatr, 2022 Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HPS) represents a relatively rare occurrence beyond infancy. Here, we present the case of a barely 3-year-old boy diagnosed with late-onset HPS and successfully treated with extra-mucosal pyloromyotomy.
Iacoviello O +8 more
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Vacterl association with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2018 The acronym VACTERL is actually a combination of associated anomalies. We found a case of VACTERL association with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. A six-weeks-old male infant was referred to us with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Davoud Badebarin +2 more
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