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A 5 monts baby present with recurrent vomiting. Mother noticed some of the vomitus is blood stained. Choose the single most likely investigation?

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A 5 monts baby present with recurrent vomiting. Mother noticed some of the vomitus is blood stained. Choose the single most likely investigation?


  1. Upper GI endoscopy
  2. Barium meal
  3. US (ultrasonography)
  4. Colonoscopy
  5. CT abdomen

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The key is A. Upper GI endoscopy. [Probable diagnosis is infantile pyloric stenosis. Pyloric stenosis usually affects babies between 2 and 8 weeks of age, but can occur anytime from birth to 6 months. Slight hematemesis of either bright-red flecks or a coffee-ground appearance is sometimes observed. Preferred investigation is ultrasonography. If US can not establish the diagnosis we go for barium meal and if both are non-diagnostic we go for endoscopy. As the question wants “SINGLE” most likely investigation it means the definitive or gold standard investigation which is upper GI endoscopy].

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