HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS IN ADULTS
Authors: H GREENFIELD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 February 1951HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS IN ADULTSHERBERT GREENFIELD, M.D., F.A.C.P.HERBERT GREENFIELD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-2-492 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHypertrophic pyloric stenosis in infants is a common and well established entity. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in adults is achieving increasing publicity as reports begin to trickle into the literature. Over 100 cases thus far reviewed stress its more than academic importance. The importance of bringing to the attention of clinicians and roentgenologists another condition of differential significance in the difficult pyloric segment, justifies the addition of two more cases to the literature.HISTORICThe first note of an adult case of hypertrophic pyloric musculature is found in the autopsy report of a 72 year old woman by Jean Cruveilhier.1A...Bibliography1. Cruveilhier J: Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, ou descriptions avec figures lithographiées et coloriées, des diverses altérations morbides dont le corps humain est susceptible, Tome ler, Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1829. Google Scholar2. Maier R: Beiträge zur angebornen Pylorusstenose, Arch. f. path. Anat. 102: 413, 1885. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Maylard AE: Congenital narrowness of the pyloric orifice a cause of chronic gastric disease in the adult, illustrated by seven cases successfully treated by operation, Brit. M. J. 1: 416, 1904. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KirklinHarris BRMT: Hypertrophy of pyloric muscle of adults, Am. J. Roentgenol. 29: 437, 1933. Google Scholar5. JuddThompson ESHL: Hypertrophic stenosis of pylorus in adults, S. Clin. North America 13: 801, 1943. Google Scholar6. Horton BF: Pyloric musculature with special reference to pyloric block, Am. J. Anat. 41: 197, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Wakefield H: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in adults, Gastroenterology 2: 4, 1944. Google Scholar8. BerkDunlap JEHJ: Pyloric stenosis in adults, Ann. Surg. 119: 124, 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Katz BA: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in adults, Am. J. Digest. Dis. 14: 85-88 (March) 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Crohn BB: Congenital pyloric stenosis in adult life, J. A. M. A. 90: 197, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Newark, New Jersey*Received for publication March 10, 1949.From the Department of Medicine of the New York University Post Graduate Hospital, and Medical Service, Newark Beth Israel Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRöntgenuntersuchung des MagensMagen 1 February 1951Volume 34, Issue 2Page: 492-498KeywordsAutopsyGraduate medical educationHospital medicineInfantsMedical servicesStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...