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Table 2 Clinical characteristics at presentation showing proportion that presented with vomiting, dehydration, visible peristalsis, palpable epigastric olive mass and other symptoms

From: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: a 4-year experience from two tertiary care centres in Cameroon

Characteristic

Number

Percentage

Vomiting

21

100.0

Constipation

4

19.0

Weight loss

11

52.4

Dehydration

9

42.9

Visible gastric peristalsis

10

47.6

Palpable olive epigastric mass

7

33.3

Other symptoms

4

19.0