78 year-old woman with chronic ulcer disease, who developed symptomatic gastric outlet obstruction. Her early satiety, postprandial vomiting and weight loss failed to improve after two sessions of endoscopic balloon dilation of the pylorus, necessitating surgery.


57 year-old woman with long-standing ulcer disease, whose symptomatic pyloric stenosis responded promptly and completely to endoscopic balloon dilation of the pylorus.