All issues > Volume 25(2); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(2):190-194. Published online February 28, 1982.

A Case of Congenital Hypertrophic Pylocric Stenosis Associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux.

Eui Soo Park, Dong Won Lee, Woo Gill Lee, Poong Man Jung

¹Department ef Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is characterized by projectile vomiting and pyloric thickening, and must be differentiated with gastroesophageal reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux may defined as relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter causing return of stomach content into eophagus, and frequently associated with hiatal hernia. The authors presented a case, having congenital hypertrophic pyloric stencsis and gastroesophageal reflux simultaneously which must be differentiated each other, in 28 days old newborn male with chief problem of severe projectile vomiting. A brief review of literatures was made on this subject.

Keywords :Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis;Gastroesophageal reflux