Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rubesin, Stephen E
• Levine, Marc S
• Wang, Timothy C
• Lok, Anna S
• Lebwohl, Benjamin
• Sandborn, William J
• Camilleri, Michael
• Wu, Gary D
• Wang, Kenneth K

Titel

Plain and contrast radiology

Ist Teil von

• Yamada's Atlas of Gastroenterology, 2022, p.801-812

Ort / Verlag

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Obooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Plain radiographs of the abdomen are useful for evaluating abdominal pain or distension, obstructive symptoms, or clinical signs of an acute abdomen. Double‐contrast radiography is a valuable technique for diagnosing a wide spectrum of pathological processes in the gastrointestinal tract. Double‐contrast radiography and endoscopy should be considered as complementary procedures for evaluating suspected gastrointestinal disease. Double‐contrast radiography can delineate in detail the normal anatomical features of the pharynx. Although double‐contrast barium enema examination is a valuable technique for detecting colonic polyps or carcinoma or inflammatory bowel disease, it has largely been replaced by endoscopy or virtual colonoscopy.