title: Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in twins.
abstract: The current report has been devoted to the presentation of the diagnosis and operative treatment of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in monozygotic twins. Special attention has been paid to a number of theories aiming to explain the aetiology and the mechanisms contributing to the development of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Department of Paediatric Surgery, Independent Public Medical Care Department, Dr. J. Biziel Voivod Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland. szmytk@ozzl.org.pl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szmytkowska
mesh_terms: D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic