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What Could Cause The Food To Remain In Stomach Without Passing Into The Pyloric Valve?
Upon the completion of an endoscopic procedure, a camera was placed in my stomach in order to view the intestins as it passed through. However, the camera stayed in my stomach with the food I ate after the procedure and just moved around in my stomach. Why would food stay in my stomach and not pass through the pyloric valve?
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
The pyloric valve may be narrowed due congenital i e by birth , thickening of muscles of pyloric valve .It may be acquired due to chronic ulcers in stomach which cause replacement of muscles in the area by non pliable fibers .Rarely tumors in the region may have similar effect
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