Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and bilious vomiting: An unusual presentation

Abstract

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in infants, presenting with nonbilious projectile vomiting. The authors report a rare case of bilious vomiting in a neonate with intraoperatively diagnosed IHPS and no other gastrointestinal anomalies.

Keywords

• Bilious vomiting
• gastric outlet obstruction
• infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis