infantile hypertrophic gastric stenosis
- infantile hypertrophic gastric stenosis
- congenital hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the musculature of the pyloric sphincter, occurring within the first few weeks of life and leading to partial obstruction of the gastric outlet.
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