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Case Reports
. 2011:2011:957060.
doi: 10.1155/2011/957060. Epub 2011 Sep 6.

Gastric antral web in a 103-year-old patient

Waheed Gul  1 , Khurram Abbass, Ronald J Markert, Christopher J Barde
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Gastric antral web in a 103-year-old patient

Waheed Gul et al. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2011.
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Figure 1
Endoscopic gastroduodenoscope showing gastric outlet obstruction with a very small opening in the antrum.
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Figure 2
Endoscopic gastroduodenoscope showing opening in prepyloric web after probing with the tip of the heater probe.
Figure 3
Figure 3
After-dilation, the pyloric channel was now patent. Endoscopic gastroduodenoscope passed easily up to the second part of the duodenum.
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