In Mallory Weiss syndrome the rupture commonly occurs at -: (A) Gastric cardia, (B) Oesophagus mucosa, (C) Gastro oesophageal junction, (D) Gastroduodenal junction
Answer is A. In Mallory-Weiss syndrome the majority (75-90%) of tear is located below the gastroesophageal junction, entirely within the gastric cardia.
Only a few of the tears involve the gastro-esophageal junction.