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Why carcinoma of stomach is common along the greater curvature?
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Why lesser curvature of stomach is more prone to ulcers?
Clinically, it is true that gastric ulcer is more common along the lesser curvature and less common along the greater curvature. To elucidate this difference in ulcerognesis, two experimental ulcers were prepared in dogs at the sites, one at the angular incisure and the other at the corresponding greater curvature after the method by Hatafuku & Thal in japan. The cause for this may be explained by the increased motility with repeated ischemic condition at the lesser curvature.
What is the vessel that carries blood to the stomach?
There are three major arteries to the stomach all of which come eternaly from the Celiac Trunk from the aorta. The left gastric artery brached directly from the celiac trunk and supplies the left part of the lesser curvature area where the right gatric arterie supplies the right part of the lesser curvature and comes from common hepatic artery. The right gastro-omental which comes from the common hepatic artery and supplies the right part of the greater curvature. The left gastro-omental is a continuation of the splenic artery and supplies the left part of the greater curvature.
Mallory weiss tear is common in greater or lesser curvature of stomach?
Mallory-Weiss tear is characterized by upper gastrointestinal bleeding and secondary to longitudinal mucosal lacerations at the gastroesophageal junction or gastric cardiato tell frankly the tear is most commonin the upper curve of the stomach
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