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Diverticula of the cardiac end of the stomach

A review of the literature and report of three cases

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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Three cases of diverticulum of the cardiac end of the stomach are reported. Removal of the sac, in one case, relieved all symptoms. In the second case the patient, untreated, has remained symptom-free for a year, and in the third case the patient has remained symptomfree while using postural drainage.

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  1. Department of Medicine of The College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Hempstead, New York

    Dwight T. Bonham

  2. The Presbyterian Hospital and The Vanderbilt Clinic, Hempstead, New York

    Dwight T. Bonham

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Bonham, D.T. Diverticula of the cardiac end of the stomach. Jour. D. D. 7, 284–287 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02997325

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