title: The value of ultrasound in the diagnosis of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
abstract: The charts of 103 children with a clinically and surgically confirmed diagnosis of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis were retrospectively reviewed. We found a significant correlation between sonographic and surgical measurements of the muscular thickness of the pylorus (r = .987, P < .001). In 73.7% (76 cases), the clinical picture of gastric outlet obstruction was present when the thickness of the enlarged pyloric muscle was 3.0 mm or more. In 26.3% (27 cases), the pyloric muscle was less than 3.0 mm wide. For 10 patients in whom the muscle width was less than 2.5 mm by sonography, a barium meal was necessary to confirm the diagnosis. The width of the pyloric muscle is the most important factor in the sonographic diagnosis of pyloric stenosis, and even a width of less than 3.0 mm may be associated with clinically significant obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sapir Medical Center, Meir Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kovalivker
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shneider
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glazer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011708:Pylorus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography