title: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in an older child: a rare presentation with successful standard surgical management.
abstract: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a disease of neonatal period usually manifest between the third and fourth weeks of life. Metabolic alkalosis and paradoxical aciduria are two common sequel of this entity. We report an unusual case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with recurrent, long-standing episodes of non-bilious vomiting and poor weight gain without any other metabolic derangement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Minu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bajpai
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Shasanka Shekhar
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: Karunesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.forename: Abdul Rahman
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rafey
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046248:Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011708:Pylorus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed