GASTRIC MUCOSAL BRIDGE FOLLOWING OF GASTRIC ULCER: A CASE REPORT

Abstract

A46-year old man was admitted with an epigastralgia. Barium swallow and upper GI endoscopy showed an active gastric ulcer in the angulus of the stomach. After the medication with H2 receptor antagonist, examinations showed a mucosal bridge adjacent to the ulcer. Endoscopic examination revealed the gastric mucosal bridge complicated with ulcer healing. Although mucosal bridge in the esophagus after the endoscopic variceal injection and in inflammatory bowel disease have been reported in Japan, gastric mucosal bridge is considered to be very rare. We herein reported a case of gastric mucosal bridge following ulcer healing of the stomach.