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The gastroesophageal junction (abbreviated GEJ), also esophagogastric junction (abbreviated EGJ) is definitionally the interface between the stomach and esophagus.

There are various definitions for the GEJ; it is not simply the squamo-columnar junction.[1]

See also

References

  1. Huang, Q. (Mar 2011). "Definition of the esophagogastric junction: a critical mini review.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 135 (3): 384-9. doi:10.1043/2010-0162-RA.1. PMID 21366465.