Abstract
Smooth muscle biopsy specimens obtained from nine infants with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) and from three controls were studied immunohistochemically with respect to the distribution of nerve terminals and neurofilaments. To label nerve terminals and neurofilaments, monoclonal antibodies (MAb) 171B5 and 2F11 were used, respectively. In all specimens of the control group, nerve terminals were numerous in both the myenteric plexus and the muscle layer. There were abundant neurofilaments in the myenteric plexus and a moderate number in the muscle layer. In all specimens of the IHPS group, the density of nerve terminals and neurofilaments was reduced in the muscle layer. In the myenteric plexus, there was no such reduction. The results indicate poor neuronal innervation of the muscle layer in the pylorus of infants with IHPS. This poor innervation may be related to the pathogenesis of pyloric stenosis and hypertrophy.
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