Type II Congenital Pyloric Atresia with Desquamative Enteropathy Diagnosed Postoperatively: A Case Report. 2023

Zoey Morton, and Erin Stickler, and Leslie Thelan, and Samantha Worth, and Samuel Groot, and Robert Gates
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC, USA.

Congenital pyloric atresia (CPA) is a rare condition that presents as gastric outlet obstruction in the first few weeks of life. Isolated CPA typically carries a good prognosis but when associated with other conditions such as multiple intestinal atresia or epidermolysis bullosa (EB), the outcomes are generally poor. This report describes a four-day-old infant who presented with nonbilious emesis and weight loss in whom an upper gastrointestinal contrast study revealed gastric outlet obstruction determined to be consistent with pyloric atresia. The patient underwent operative repair via Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty. Postoperatively, the patient continued to have severe diarrhea and was found to have desquamative enteropathy though had no skin findings consistent with EB. This report emphasizes consideration of CPA as a differential diagnosis for neonates presenting with nonbilious emesis and demonstrates the association between CPA and desquamative enteropathy without EB.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007409 Intestinal Atresia Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases and the JEJUNUM and DUODENUM following in frequency. It is the most frequent cause of INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION in NEWBORNS. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Atresia, Intestinal,Apple Peel Small Bowel Syndrome,Apple Peel Syndrome,Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresia,Congenital Intestinal Atresia,Familial Apple Peel Jejunal Atresia,Jejunal Atresia,Apple Peel Intestinal Atresia,Apple Peel Syndromes,Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresias,Atresia, Apple-Peel Intestinal,Atresia, Congenital Intestinal,Atresia, Jejunal,Atresias, Apple-Peel Intestinal,Atresias, Congenital Intestinal,Congenital Intestinal Atresias,Intestinal Atresia, Apple-Peel,Intestinal Atresia, Congenital,Intestinal Atresias, Apple-Peel,Intestinal Atresias, Congenital
D011708 Pylorus The region of the STOMACH at the junction with the DUODENUM. It is marked by the thickening of circular muscle layers forming the pyloric sphincter to control the opening and closure of the lumen. Pyloric Sphincter,Pyloric Sphincters,Sphincter, Pyloric,Sphincters, Pyloric
D004065 Digestive System Abnormalities Congenital structural abnormalities of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. Abnormalities, Digestive System,Abnormality, Digestive System,Digestive System Abnormality
D004820 Epidermolysis Bullosa Group of genetically determined disorders characterized by the blistering of skin and mucosae. There are four major forms: acquired, simple, junctional, and dystrophic. Each of the latter three has several varieties. Acantholysis Bullosa
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014839 Vomiting The forcible expulsion of the contents of the STOMACH through the MOUTH. Emesis
D017219 Gastric Outlet Obstruction The hindering of output from the STOMACH into the SMALL INTESTINE. This obstruction may be of mechanical or functional origin such as EDEMA from PEPTIC ULCER; NEOPLASMS; FOREIGN BODIES; or AGING. Gastric Outlet Obstructions,Obstruction, Gastric Outlet,Obstructions, Gastric Outlet,Outlet Obstruction, Gastric,Outlet Obstructions, Gastric

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