Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

Choi, Kum-Ja

doi:10.12771/emj.2012.35.1.16

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“…Vomiting after feeding is the most important symptom in a patient with IHPS and it progresses to projectile and recurrent. Recurrent vomiting and dehydration can cause electrolyte imbalance such as hypochloremic alkalosis, a loss in weight and lethargy [4]. In addition to IHPS, hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis with decreased urinary chloride excretion is caused by various conditions such as inadequate diet, cystic fibrosis, and congenital chloridorrhea [5][6][7].…”

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A Natural Course of an Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis without Adequate Surgical Procedure

Lim

Park

Yeom

et al. 2015

J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg

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Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is one of the common surgical abdomen in infancy, characterized by progressive non-bilious vomiting. The etiology is unknown, but it likely develops after birth. The pylorus of the stomach becomes thick and triggers progressive vomiting. Abdominal ultrasonography (US) is widely used as a diagnostic tool. Currently, there is a rare IHPS patient with severe metabolic derangement because of general use of abdominal US and its accuracy. We experienced a natural course of a 62-day-old male infant with IHPS who was suffering from intermittent vomiting, loss of weight but had not been properly treated for 1 month. It is needed to make an effort to diagnose differentially in recurrent vomiting infant and check-up regularly, and also educate parents properly.

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