Chapter 10: Heterotopic gastric mucosal patch of the proximal esophagus.

Chong VH

BOOK CHAPTER: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Ed. Oliviu Pascu. InTech publishing. Croatia.

This chapter discusses the pathogenesis, the endoscopic features, clinical symptoms and the management of heterotopic gastric mucosal patch of the oesophagus or the Cervical inlet patch (HGMP/CIP), an entity that is still under-recognised and is frequently missed during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy examinations.

Chapter freely available from InTech website at http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/heterotopic-gastric-mucosal-patch-of-the-proximal-esophagus

Correspondence: Chong VH, Department of Medicine, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam.

E mail: chongvuih@yahoo.oc.uk