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Case Reports
. 1977 Sep;22(9):829-30.
doi: 10.1007/BF01694515.

Duplication of the pylorus found concomitantly with achalasia: congenital or peptic etiology?

Case Reports

Duplication of the pylorus found concomitantly with achalasia: congenital or peptic etiology?

A Gupta et al. Am J Dig Dis. 1977 Sep.

Abstract

A patient is presented with true duplication of the pylorus and concomitant achalasia of the esophagus. This patient has never had peptic ulcer disease and is suspected to have a double pyloric anomaly as a congenital abnormality rather than the result of peptic disease and scarring.

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