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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
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
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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Children, 2021 Background: The standard of treatment for infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is still pyloromyotomy. Recently, in most of the pediatric surgery centers laparoscopic pyloromyotomy has become popular.
Zenon Pogorelić +3 more
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Case report: Late-onset hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a 3-year-old boy: It is never too late
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 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.
Onofrio Iacoviello +8 more
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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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Heterotopic pancreatic tissue presenting as an unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction in infancy: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Gastric outlet obstruction beyond the neonatal period is an extremely rare condition when other causes such as infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, pyloric atresia, and antral diaphragm are ruled out.
Ahmed Oshiba +3 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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Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis with Complete Ladd's Band: A Rare Association
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2019 A male infant aged 45 days presented with projectile nonbilious vomiting for 2 weeks. Ultrasound showed picture of idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Ahmed M. Abo Elyazeed +5 more
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Recurrent hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in an 8-week-old
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022 Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in the new born population. Pyloromyotomy is the treatment of choice following resuscitation, with relatively few complications.
Rohan Kulangara +3 more
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