Mallory-Weiss Tear - 68 Years-Old Female

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Case description

A 68 year-old female, one week previously presented a history of severe vomiting, which later had melena. The endoscopy displayed here is performed one week after the inicial symtoms. A Mallory Weiss tear was showed, presented as a linear ulcer. The Mallory Weiss tear is localized to the gastric side side of the squamocolumnar junction or extends across the z line into the esophagus.

tags: endoscopy esophagus Mallory-Weiss Syndrome vomiting

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