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gastric fold

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gastric fold
n.
Any of the characteristic folds of the mucous membrane lining the stomach.
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Endoscopic findings vary from diffuse mucosal hyperemia (thickening of gastric folds leading to narrowing of the lumen) to nodular or polypoid lesions.
Gastric sarcoidosis by Lenox, Robert / Southern Medical Journal
If these sissies see thickened gastric folds in the stomach on an upper GI study, they'll put in the body of the report that there are thickened gastric folds and then put it again in the conclusion without having the guts to say why.
It's all in the words by Levine, Marc S. / Applied Radiology
Less often, an enlarged gastric fold near the squamocolumnar junction, also called the sentinel fold, is seen in reflux esophagitis.
Esophagitis with an inflammatory polyp. (Esophagoscopy Clinic) by Koufman, James A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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