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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Ultrasonography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis.


=== Gold standard/Study of choice: ===
== Diagnostic Study of Choice ==
=== Gold standard of choice: ===
* Ultrasonography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis.
* Ultrasonography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis.



Revision as of 20:44, 28 November 2017

Overview

Ultrasonography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis.

Diagnostic Study of Choice

Gold standard of choice:

  • Ultrasonography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis.
  • The following result of Ultrasonography is confirmatory of infantile pyloric stenosis:
    • Thickened prepyloric antrum bridging the duodenal bulb
    • Distended stomach
    • Crowded intervening mucosa that protrudes into the distended portion of the antrum (nipple sign)