Volume 173 - Issue 11

A new kind of cave painting

Author:  Brian Jones

Med J Aust 2000; 173 (11): 658.
Published online: 4 December 2000

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A new kind of cave painting

MJA 2000; 173: 658

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This photograph confirms that Indigenous Australians were in the distal oesophagus well before European settlement. The photograph was taken at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. It shows a segment of Barrett's epithelium (dark pink) just above the lower oesophageal sphincter. The lighter pink areas are residual islands of squamous epithelium. The "hand print" reminded me of Indigenous cave paintings in the outback.

Brian Jones, FRACP
Hornsby, NSW






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