The use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of congenital pyloric stenosis.
Thirty-six infants with pyloric stenosis were studied preoperatively by ultrasound and compared with a control group of 24 normal infants aged one month. Measurement of pyloric muscle diameter and muscle wall thickness was significantly different for each measure between groups and they had a nonoverlapping distribution. Ultrasound has a clear place in the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis.
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Department of Paediatrics, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography