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Mallory-weiss syndrome

Report of a case treated surgically

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A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome has been presented. The source of bleeding was identified and controlled at abdominal exploration, but only after the possibility of that diagnosis was specifically considered and the cardioesophageal mucosal laceration purposefully looked for. The importance of the history of simple nonbloody vomiting followed by hematemesis has been stressed.

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  1. From the Gastroenterology Service and Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas

    Norman M. Scott Jr. LT. COL. (MC) & Dwight E. Newton (MC), USAF

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  1. Norman M. Scott Jr. LT. COL. (MC)
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Scott, N.M., Newton, D.E. Mallory-weiss syndrome. Digest Dis Sci 3, 464–468 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231262

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