Mucosal bridge in oesophagus.

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*Assistant Professor, **Professor, Department of Medicine, KPC Medical College, 1F Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata – 700032, West Bengal Received: 19.11.2012; Accepted; 12.12.2012 A 42 year old woman complained of fullness of abdomen and flatulence for last two years. There was no history of vomiting, heartburn, dysphagia, pain in abdomen, diarrhoea or constipation. Clinical examination of all the systems was normal. On upper G.I. endoscopy, there was an incidental f inding of ‘mucosal bridge’ in lower third of oesophagus with surrounding normal vascular pattern without any evidence of scar, erosion or venous prominence; gastro-oesophageal junction was 38 cm from incisor teeth. Mucosal bridge is a very rare condition characterised by a cord-like elastic stretchable structural mucosal connection across the intestinal lumen like a bridge, which is usually seen in any site from oesophagus to colon. It is frequently Mucosal Bridge in Oesophagus

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