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Congenital Pyloric Stenosis as a Factor Predisposing to the Ulcer Syndrome
Author(s) -
NIELSEN O. STEINICKE
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1954.tb04051.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pyloric stenosis , stenosis , pylorus , gastroenterology , stomach
Summary In order to study whether peptic ulcer and gastritis occur more frequently in individuals with previous congenital pyloric stenosis than in others, the author has questioned 95 individuals (73 men and 22 women) between the ages of 25 and 45, who had all in early infancy been treated medically for cong. pyl. sten. in a children's hospital. Information was thus obtained on the present and previous states of health of the individuals, especially on possible dyspeptic complaints. Similarly a control group of 100 non‐selected hospitalized patients (77 men and 23 women) between the ages of 25 and 51 were questioned. In the starting series it was found that 28 per cent had gastritis or peptic ulcer against 12 per cent in the control group. Adults with previous cong. pyl. sten. thus presented a higher incidence of gastritis and peptic ulcer than the control group. In addition, the investigation revealed a considerably higher incidence of gastritis and peptic ulcer among the parents and siblings of the questioned subjects in the starting series than among the corresponding relatives in the control group.