Schatzki ring

What is a Schatzki ring?
A Schatzki ring, also called a Schatzki-Gary ring, is a narrowing of the lower oesophagus (the tube connecting your mouth to your stomach) caused by a smooth, non-cancerous ring of the gut lining or muscular tissue. It is commonly linked with hiatus hernia, which is when part of the stomach squeezes up into the chest through an opening (“hiatus”) in the diaphragm

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Schatzki ring

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