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Joseph S. Janik, MD; Eli R. Wayne, MD
Department of Pediatric Surgery The Children's Hospital 1950 Ogden, HC 330 Denver, CO 80218

Joseph P. Janik
Ann Arbor, Mich

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996;150(2):223-224.

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The diagnosis and treatment of pyloric stenosis in infants has been well established for many years.¹ The incidence of pyloric stenosis in premature infants is unusual,¹ the presentation is atypical,^2-5 and the diagnosis delayed, if not difficult.^2-5 Recently, four premature infants with pyloric stenosis demonstrated these features and underscored the limitations of ultrasonographic imaging in premature infants.^5,6

Patient Reports.Patient 1. A premature male infant (weighing 2100 g at 35 weeks' gestation) with the onset of nonprojectile vomiting at 6 weeks of age was evaluated by ultrasound at 7 weeks of age. Ultrasound findings were normal (pyloric muscle thickness, 2.4 mm), and vomiting persisted. An upper gastrointestinal contrast study performed at 8 weeks of age confirmed pyloric stenosis.

Patient 2. A premature male infant (weighing 1610 g at 31 weeks' gestation) with the onset of nonbilious nonprojectile vomiting at 5 weeks of age was evaluated . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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