Case Report

An Inlet Patch Case with Difficulty Swallowing

  • Rafet Mete
  • Mustafa Oran
  • Adnan Yüksek
  • Sibel Özkan Gürdal
  • Ufuk Coşkunkan
  • Uğur Aydın
  • Okan Avcı
  • Banu Çiçek Yalçın
  • Burcu Altındağ Avcı
  • Pelin Osanmaz Değirmenci

Received Date: 06.04.2013 Accepted Date: 04.09.2013 Namik Kemal Med J 2013;1(2):120-122

Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa (inlet patch) is a clinical entity, described firstly by Schmit as a congenital anomaly, char-acterized by settling of gastric mucosa in any part of the gastrointestinal mucosa. It causes various clinical symp-toms due to acid secretion. Our case is oberved rarelly in case of inlet patch.

Keywords: Esophagus, inlet patch, heterotopic gastric mucosa