Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the newborn.
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is exceedingly rare in newborns as well as patients over 6 months of age. These cases likely represent outliers from the normal distribution of its clinical presentation. This is a report of pyloric stenosis in a newborn. A review of the literature is included.
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Department of Surgery, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York 10021.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery