Pseudo upper GI bleed in prisoners
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Introduction: The upper gastro-intestinal bleed is one of the most common indication for endoscopy. There are various reasons same and include gastric or duodenal ulcer, erosive gastritis duodenitis, esophagitis, mallory weiss tear, malignancy etc. Many prisoner feign to be having hematemesis but their history clinical presentation does not match with it.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of clinical images and medical case reports
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2766-7820']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52768/2766-7820/2210