Case Report
Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Published: Apr 17, 2018 | Pages: 80 - 82 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/2/12
Intra-thoracic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis with late onset presentation: a case report
Authors: Aida Sharifi Haddad , Seyed Ali Alamdaran , Navid Daghighi , Ahmad Bazrafshan
Article Info
Authors
Aida Sharifi Haddad
Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Seyed Ali Alamdaran
Surgical Oncology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Navid Daghighi
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Ahmad Bazrafshan
Neonatal Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Publication History
Received: February 18, 2018
Accepted: March 11, 2018
Published: April 17, 2018
Abstract
Background: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is a common cause of gastrointestinal obstruction in childhood. Case presentation: We report a three month old male child with vomiting and weakness that had been started three days before being referred to the hospital. We used ultrasonography to examine this patient and, while the results from the laboratory tests were normal; abdominal ultrasound examination showed HPS with hiatus hernia and abnormal mesenteric vessels pathway. Conclusion: We concluded that hypertrophic pyloric stenosis with presentation in thorax is a rare condition that can be diagnosed with meticulous ultrasound scanning of diaphragmatic hiatus, pyloric canal and mesenteric vessels pathway.
Keywords: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, Hiatus hernia, Infant, Ultrasound, case report
