Mallory-Weiss syndrome historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamed Diab, MD [2]
Overview
Mallory-Weiss syndrome was first described in 1929 by G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss in 15 alcoholic patients. [1]
Historical Perspective
- In 1929 G. Kenneth Mallory, pathologist (1900-86) and Soma Weiss, physician (1898-1942), first described Mallory-Weiss syndrome. Initially it was thought it was associated with Alcoholism.However, with the development of medicine and the invention endoscopy the syndrome has been diagnosed in many patients with no history of alcohol consumption.[2]
- The tear typically occurs after multiple episodes of vomiting or retching, but it may happen after one episode.
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome may have become more common in recently. [3]
References
- ↑ Weiss S, Mallory GK. Lesions of the cardiac orifice of the stomach produced by vomiting. Journal of the American Medical Association 1932;98:1353-55.
- ↑ Graham DY, Schwartz JT (1978). “The spectrum of the Mallory-Weiss tear”. Medicine (Baltimore). 57 (4): 307–18. PMID 307105.
- ↑ Henrion J, Schapira M, Ghilain JM, Maisin JM, De maeght S, Deltenre P, Moulart M, Delaunoit T (2008). “Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: what has changed during the last 20 years?”. Gastroenterol. Clin. Biol. 32 (10): 839–47. doi:10.1016/j.gcb.2008.04.037. PMID 18786792.
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