Surgical Questions and Answers

Free Medical and Surgical Questions And Answers

1. What is the aetiology of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis?

Correct answer:

The aetiology of the pyloric muscle ‘tumour’ in pyloric obstruction in infants is unknown. It may result from an abnormality of the ganglion cells of the myenteric cells; failure of the sphincter to relax may then produce an intense work hypertrophy of the adjacent circular pyloric muscle.