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Report of Twenty Cases

GEORGE A. BOYLSTON, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1949;84(4):532-539.

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THE ulcerating lesions within the grasp of the pyloric ring is difficult. Such ulcers are relatively rare in individual practice, and in the literature there are only a few widely scattered studies of their significance. The available articles were reviewed as a background for the present analysis of 20 cases of lesion of the pyloric ring for which satisfactory follow-up records were at hand.

SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE

Butsch,¹ in 1935, summarized the experience at the Mayo Clinic with pyloric lesions. He found reports of 46 cases of pyloric ulcer in the surgical records there. Only 4 lesions had been accurately localized within the ring by roentgenologic studies. Ten lesions had been excised, and each had been found to be benign. In discussing this paper, Eusterman² said (1) that peptic ulcers of the ring are difficult to diagnose in spite of the fact that patients with such lesions . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PORTLAND, ORE.

From the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Oregon Medical School, and the Portland Clinic.

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