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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun 8;36(2):229-232.
doi: 10.5578/turkjsurg.4165. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Inlet patch mimicking unstable angina pectoris

Tutkun Talih  1 , Ergin Arslan  1 , Gamze Talih  2 , Mesut Sipahi  1
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Case Reports

Inlet patch mimicking unstable angina pectoris

Tutkun Talih et al. Turk J Surg. .

Abstract

The ectopic stomach mucosa island in the proximal esophagus, which is generally known as the inlet patch or cervical inlet patch, is called as the heterotopic gastric mucosa of the esophagus. Despite its asymptomatic progress, it may cause chest pain, shortness of breath and difficulty in swallowing due to the acid secretion from the ectopic mucosa. The study aimed to present a patient who underwent coronary angiography with an unstable angina pectoris diagnosis by cardiologists for gastric chest pain but found an inlet patch in gastroduodenoscopy.

Keywords: Inlet patch; differential diagnosis; unstable angina pectoris.

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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. The endoscopic image of the oval-shaped, flat, velvety, heterotopic gastric mu- cosa which is separated from the peripheral oesophageal tissue by sharp borders.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Typical IP image in which there are mucous and parietal cells in the photomic- rograph (Haematoxylin eosin staining, original expansion x100).
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