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. 2020 Aug 7;12(6):537-538.
doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2020-101578. eCollection 2021.

Epigastric discomfort in a 91-year-old woman

Shigetsugu Takano  1 , Akihiro Suzuki  2 , Yoshio Masuya  2 , Hiroshi Suzuki  2 , Masayuki Ohtsuka  1
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Epigastric discomfort in a 91-year-old woman

Shigetsugu Takano et al. Frontline Gastroenterol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: abdominal pain.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Abdominal CT of the upper stomach showing a typical ‘target-shaped appearance’.
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Figure 2
Gastrointestinal endoscopy showing the lumen of the stomach narrowing near the wall thickening.
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Figure 3
Gastrointestinal endoscopy showing invagination and repositioning of the stomach.
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