Preliminary Study Of The Correlation Of Symptoms Of Dyspepsia With Radiological Findings
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Three hundred and eighty-one (381) barium meal studies were studied. There was low incidence of gastro-esophageal reflux and hiatus hernia and relatively high incidence of achalasia. Our studies revealed rarity of post-bulbar ulcers. There were high incidences of duodeno-gastric ulceration and lymphomas. The occurrence of the latter being higher than gastric ulcers. A high incidence of peptic ulcers was found in 21-30 year age group.
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