title: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a 5-month-old baby: case report.
abstract: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is commonly seen in infants 2 to 4 weeks old. We report a case of pyloric stenosis diagnosed in a boy 5 months and 11 days old suffering from the sudden onset of vomiting. Gastric volvulus was initially diagnosed at another hospital. Abdominal ultrasonography at first using an Acuson 5-MHz transducer revealed a negative diagnosis. However, a tubular pyloric mass measuring 5.5 mm in thickness, 15 mm in the transverse diameter, and 2.0 cm in length was detected by a 7-MHz transducer immediately after the infant vomited. On physical examination, no abdominal mass was palpable. This suggested that this might have been a case of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis which was missed until the infant was older than 5 months. We believe this is the oldest reported case of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C. tiaul@tpts8.seed.net.tw
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tiao
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography