title: Congenital pyloric atresia: isolated and associated with aplasia cutis congenita.
abstract: Two cases of congenital pyloric atresia (CPA) are, hereby, reported. One was suspected on antenatal ultrasound and turned out to be an isolated anomaly. Other patient had a rare association of aplasia cutis congenita with congenital pyloric atresia. The lesions of aplasia cutis congenita were multiple while congenital pyloric atresia was of type II. The patient with an isolated lesion survived following surgery while the other baby died of sepsis in postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi-75510, Pakistan. jamijim88@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jamshed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: Tayyaba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Batool
authors.forename: Shazia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalil
authors.forename: Soofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Nasir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: Muhammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Talat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sultan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011708:Pylorus / Q000002:abnormalities*