the Gastrolab Endoscopy Quiz of the Month - Old Quizes and Answers: December 2004

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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
December 2004

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Question:

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This middle aged man suffered from thombocytopenia. He came to an upper endoscopy because of a sudden fall of hemoglobin, after a severe episode of vomiting a few days earlier. He felt weak after that but had no other gastrointestinal symtoms. This is the finding in the cardia region. What is this finding?

Answer:

    A Mallory-Weiss tear, partly covered by a blood clot, a result of a forceful vomiting a few days earlier.

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    dongjun fan, taiyuan, china
    haissam nourallah, dubai, UAE
    Salvatore Della Ducata, Gallipoli, Italy
    Virendra Parikh,MD, Fort Wayne, USA, Indiana
    HURLER, ULrike, Heidenheim, Germany
    German Lloret Salom, Alzira, Espaņa
    PARABOLI SILVA , Marcio Luiz M.D. SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO-SP- BRAZIL
    Pierre Gholam, Providence, RI
    Christian Nielsen, Vasa, Finland
    Murat Toruner, Rochester, MN, USA
    Piotr Szczecinski, Warsaw, Poland
    SUNIL MATHAI, COCHIN, INDIA
    raed jawad taha, Baghdad, Iraq
    rashedhassen, fakos, Egypt
    Dr.Bassam Ahmad Moussawi, Nabi Chit, Lebanon
    Jose Laserna, Cochabamba, Bolivia
    Danielle Tipa, Brooklyn, New York, USA
    dr.ibraheem al-dogan, Baghdad, Iraq
    Christos Zavos, Thessaloniki, Greece
    LOTFI AISSAOUI, ARAR, SAUDIA

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