[Present status and limits of sonography in the diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis].
Ultrasound studies of 46 infants with clinically suspected hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and of a control group of 30 infants were performed. The value and the limits of ultrasound in the diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, and the indications for upper gastrointestinal studies are discussed. Criteria for the ultrasound diagnosis of pyloric stenosis are established.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography
Heutiger Stellenwert und Grenzen der Sonographie in der Diagnostik der hypertrophen Pylorusstenose.