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Duplication of the pylorus found concomitantly with achalasia: Congenital or peptic etiology?

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A patient is presented with true duplication of the pylorus and concomitant achalasia of the esophagus. This patient has never had peptic ulcer disease and is suspected to have a double pyloric anomaly as a congenital abnormality rather than the result of peptic disease and scarring.

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  1. Harper Hospital, 48201, Detroit, Michigan

    Anil Gupta MD & Daniel Hollander MD

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Gordon Scott Hall, 540 E. Canfield, 48201, Detroit, Michigan

    Anil Gupta MD & Daniel Hollander MD

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Gupta, A., Hollander, D. Duplication of the pylorus found concomitantly with achalasia: Congenital or peptic etiology?. Digest Dis Sci 22, 829–830 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01694515

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