Elephants are often observed to raise their trunks in order to produce a “vocalization,” be it either in anger or under more playful circumstances. A large column of barium refluxing from the proximal stomach and extending superiorly into the esophagus, as seen during a barium upper gastrointestinal series (UGI), has been likened to the appearance of a trumpeting elephant (Fig. 1, 2) [1].
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