Pyloric stenosis

Case contributed by Luis David Gómez Moscoso
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Lactating patient with vomiting and malnutrition because he has not retained gastric contents for two weeks. The patient is firstborn.

Patient Data

Gender: Male
ultrasound

In the first image we can observe the abnormal length of the pylorus (cross caliper), and the abnormal diameter of the muscle (asterisk). In the second image, we observe the thickened muscle, which measures 4.9 mm. In the third image we see the target sign, the pylorus measures 18.6 mm in diameter.

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