Diseases

Mallory-Weiss Syndrome

A condition characterized by mucosal tears at the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION, sometimes with HEMATEMESIS. Typically it is caused by forceful bouts of retching or VOMITING.

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Abstract

A condition characterized by mucosal tears at the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION, sometimes with HEMATEMESIS. Typically it is caused by forceful bouts of retching or VOMITING.

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  • Gastroesophageal Laceration-Hemorrhage
  • Mallory-Weiss Laceration
  • Mallory-Weiss Tear
  • Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junction
  • Gastroesophageal Laceration Hemorrhage
  • Gastroesophageal Laceration-Hemorrhages
  • Junction, Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal
  • Junctions, Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal
  • Laceration, Mallory-Weiss
  • Laceration-Hemorrhage, Gastroesophageal
  • Laceration-Hemorrhages, Gastroesophageal
  • Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junction, Mucosal
  • Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junctions, Mucosal
  • Mallory Weiss Laceration
  • Mallory Weiss Syndrome
  • Mallory Weiss Tear
  • Mucosal Lacerations Gastroesophageal Junction
  • Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junctions
  • Syndrome, Mallory-Weiss

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mallory-Weiss Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008309. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008309
  2. Mallory-Weiss Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallory%E2%80%93Weiss_syndrome
  3. Mallory-Weiss Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1632678