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Diagnosis of gastric malignancy by blind gastric biopsy

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Two cases have been reported in which a histologic diagnosis of carcinoma of the stomach was made by means of biopsy by the Wood's tube.

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  1. From the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, New Haven, Conn

    Raphael D. Schwartz M.D. & Howard M. Spiro M.D.

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Supported in part by a grant from the U. S. Public Health Service (C2578-Physiol.) and the United Stamford Fund. Dr. Schwartz is a Dazian Foundation Fellow.

We are grateful to Mrs. Hazel Hubbell for her technical assistance, to Dr. Samuel Kushlan for permission to study Case 2, and to Dr. Lawrence R. Freedman for photographing the specimens.

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Schwartz, R.D., Spiro, H.M. Diagnosis of gastric malignancy by blind gastric biopsy. Digest Dis Sci 2, 733–737 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02239417

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