Delayed presentation of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: a rare case.
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is the most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in infants, with an incidence of 1.5 to 3 per 1000 live births, and classically presents at 3 to 4 weeks of age. Delayed presentation of HPS is an extremely rare occurrence after early infancy. With the exclusion of congenital HPS, gastric outlet obstruction in childhood is a rare condition (1:100,000). We report a case of delayed presentation of HPS in a 4 1/2-year-old child in whom the pylorus was hypertrophied and appeared like an "olive," and for which pyloromyotomy was curative.
Mahalik
Santosh
S
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Sir Gangaram Hospital Marg, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060, India. dr.santosh25@gmail.com
Prasad
Alpana
A
Sinha
Aparna
A
Kulshrestha
Rajeev
R
D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004733:Enema / Q000379:methods; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D046248:Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001466:Barium Sulfate