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Reflux riddle: an unforeseen element at the gastro-oesophageal junction
  1. Swathi Prabhu1,
  2. Anuradha Calicut Kini Rao1,
  3. Vishwanath Basavaraj2
  1. 1Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  2. 2General Surgery, Nanjappa Hospitals, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Swathi Prabhu, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; prabhu.swathi{at}manipal.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2024-102654

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    A 70-year-old woman presented to the gastroenterology clinic with a 2-month history of acid reflux, heartburn and dysphagia. A clinical diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease was made. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy (figure 1) revealed a hiatus hernia with a red smooth surfaced lump at the gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ), measuring 1 cm in diameter. The biopsy in our case threw up an unusual surprise of …

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    • Contributors Manuscript preparation, literature search: SP and ACKR. Intellectual input and manuscript editing: VB.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.