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Pyloric stenosis classification

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]

Overview

Overview

There is no established system for the classification of pyloric stenosis. It may be subclassified as infantile pyloric stenosis and adult-onset hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Classification

Classification

There is no established system for the classification of pyloric stenosis. It may be subclassified as infantile pyloric stenosis and adult-onset hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.[1]

References

References

  1. Zavala C, Bolio A, Montalvo R, Lisker R (1969). “Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: adult and congenital types occurring in the same family”. J Med Genet. 6 (2): 126–8. PMC 1468841. PMID 5801457.

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