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We present a case of a five-year-old girl observed for vomiting after meals
during the last two months. She had been
evaluated by the age of six months for frequent
regurgitation. The upper digestive
tract X-ray and 24 hours pH monitoring were normal, establishing the diagnosis
of physiologic gastro-esophageal refl ux.
At the age of five the patient started
having post-prandial vomiting, without
other digestive or general symptoms.
She had a normal development and normal
physical examination and analytical
profi le. The upper digestive endoscopy
showed two islets of abnormal red mucosa,
with irregular surface, slightly depressed,
each measuring about 15mm in
the upper oesophagus, below the sphincter.
The histological study of mucosal
biopsies concluded for ectopic gastric
mucosa. The patient became symptoms-free under treatment with PPI (protonpump
inhibitiors).
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ectopic gastric mucosa
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Citation
Nascer e Crescer 2010; 19(3): 174-175