Gastric ulcers

*Signs of benignancy• smooth ulcer mound with

tapering edges• edematous ulcer collar with

overhanging mucosal edge • radiating folds extending into the

crater • depth of ulcer greater than width• sharply marginated contour• Hampton's line

– (thin, sharp, lucent line that traverses the orifice of the ulcer)'

*Signs of malignancy • ulcer within the lumen of the stomach• ulcer eccentrically located within the

tumor mound

• nodular, rolled, irregular, or shouldered edges

• shallow ulcer with a width greater than its depth

• Carmen meniscus sign – (large flatbased ulcer with

heaped-up edges that fold inward to trap lens-shaped barium collection that is convex toward the lumen)

Peptic Ulcer DIsease

Gastric Cancer

GIST

MALT