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Acephalogastria

Acephalogastria (acephalogastria; and - – otritsa. Greek kephale – the head + is frequent + gaster – a stomach) – one of the combined anomalies of pre-natal fetation, is characterized by absence of bodies of an upper half of a stomach and head.

 
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There are very curious medical syndromes, for example, persuasive swallowing objects. In a stomach of one patient suffering from this mania 2500 foreign objects were revealed.