Pyloric atresia: report of two cases (one associated with epidermolysis bullosa and one associated with multiple intestinal atresias).
We describe the US findings in two vomiting newborns affected by different forms of pyloric atresia, a rare congenital anomaly that includes a spectrum of lesions limited to the antro-pyloric region of the stomach and with various inheritance mechanisms and syndromic associations.
Radiology Department, G. Gaslini Scientific Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Paolo
P
Tomá
Elena
E
Mengozzi
Anna
A
Dell'Acqua
Girolamo
G
Mattioli
Giovanni
G
Pieroni
Giancarlo
G
Fabrizzi
D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography