Abstract

HOURGLASS STOMACH- A CADEVARIC STUDY

Dr. Madhuri Achary* and Dr. Anju Thomas

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Abstract

The stomach is a muscular bag forming the widest and most distensible part of the digestive tube. Above it connected to the lower end of oesophagus and below to the duodenum. Its shape and position are modified by changes within itself and the surrounding viscera, and no one form, or position is typical. During the dissection of male cadaver, in the dissection hall of Shareera Rachana department, an hourglass stomach with 2 pouches separates by a deep constriction between greater and lesser curvature was observed and the same is emphasized in this article.

Keywords: Stomach, hourglass stomach.