Free practice question 8 of 20 · Upper GI
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A 61-year-old man has a gastroscopy for reflux symptoms. There is a C4M6 segment of columnar-lined oesophagus above a 3 cm hiatus hernia, with no visible lesion. Quadrantic biopsies show intestinal metaplasia with no dysplasia. He is fit and wishes to have surveillance.
At what interval should his next surveillance endoscopy be planned?
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Upper GI: what the exam tests
Syllabus coverage, high-yield themes and the common traps.
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