Original MICA image-reading exercise, unscored. No clinical narrative absent from the source is added.
- Describe visible findings before proposing an interpretation.
- Suggest an interpretation and at least one image limitation.
- Which clinical findings or investigations would complement this observation?
Reveal the explained reading
Gastric erosions: endoscopic reading
- Technique
- Upper GI endoscopy
- Observation
- Small superficial alterations affect the gastric mucosa.
- Limitation
- Do not invent an unreported drug-related cause.
Morphological description
Small superficial alterations affect the gastric mucosa.
Interpretation and diagnostic limits
Depth cannot be measured from the photograph.
Differential diagnoses
Distinguish erosion, ulcer and simple erythema.
Pitfalls
Do not invent an unreported drug-related cause.
Take-home message
Describe lesion and location without overinterpretation.
Media source & rights
- Author
- Med_Chaos
- Original source
- Med_Chaos · Érosions gastriques antrales — attribution de la source · Public domain (PD-self)
- Licence
- Public domain (PD-self)
- Changes
- Full image retained; WebP conversion and proportional resize. No clinical alteration. Derivative retains the source licence.
- Dimensions
- 695 × 688 px
- Check
- 2026-10-14