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The clinical importance in recognising the condition lies in the fact that the alternative diagnosis is cancer of the lower end of the oesophagus. Peptic ulceration is not uncommon and if erroneously treated by radiotherapy the results might prove disastrous. The academic interest of the subject centres round the lower end of the oesophagus and the partial thoracic stomach. The congenital and acquired types of gastric herniation through the oesophageal hiatus are fully discussed and the accepted anatomical site of the cardia is called into question. As regurgitation into the oesophagus plays a large part in the production of peptic ulceration this point assumes considerable importance. 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The academic interest of the subject centres round the lower end of the oesophagus and the partial thoracic stomach. The congenital and acquired types of gastric herniation through the oesophageal hiatus are fully discussed and the accepted anatomical site of the cardia is called into question. As regurgitation into the oesophagus plays a large part in the production of peptic ulceration this point assumes considerable importance. 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