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GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION
A congenital mess in which the pylorus is thickened causing obstruction of the gastricoutlet (to the duodenum).
More general in males, pyloric stenosis. Symptoms of projectile vomiting begin different weeks after birth.
Incidence: approximately 1 in 4,000 live births.