Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a newborn with propionic acidaemia

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is exceedingly rare in the first week of life. This report describes a rare case of congenital pyloric stenosis in a newborn with propionic acidaemia. Although newborns with propionic acidaemia may present with feeding problems in the form of vomiting, associated congenital pyloric stenosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis. These patients should be investigated with abdominal ultrasound and or barium meal and once diagnosed they should undergo pyloromyotomy

Unusual Mesoblastic nephroma: a report of two cases

Congenital mesoblastic nephroma [CMN] is a very rare tumour of early infancy with 80% of the cases being diagnosed within the first month of life. Complete surgical excision is almost always curative. We report two unusual large renal tumours in a 22-month-old boy and a 4-year-old girl who were diagnosed preoperatively as rhabdoid tumour and Wilms' tumour respectively. One of them was subjected unnecessarily to preoperative chemotherapy. Histological evaluation after complete radical excision demonstrated CMN

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a newborn with propionic acidaemia

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is exceedingly rare in the first week of life. This report describes a rare case of congenital pyloric stenosis in a newborn with propionic acidaemia. Although newborns with propionic acidaemia may present with feeding problems in the form of vomiting, associated congenital pyloric stenosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis. These patients should be investigated with abdominal ultrasound and or barium meal and once diagnosed, they should undergo pyloromyotomy