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RETROGRADE GASTRIC MUCOSAL PROLAPSE AS A CAUSE OF HAEMATEMESIS
Author(s) -
Young Graeme P.,
Thomas Robert J. S.,
Wall Alfred J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130357.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , general surgery
Three cases of haematemesis associated with alcohol abuse are described. Early fibreoptic endoscopical examination in each showed a focal, well demarcated area of gastric mucosal haemorrhage, close to the oesophagogastric junction. Two patients showed prolapse of the lesion into the lower part of the oesophagus, and the third had coexistent Mallory‐Weiss tears. Our observations suggest that forceful vomiting is responsible for this lesion, by causing abrupt retrograde gastroesophageal prolapse. The prognosis of the lesion appears good.