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abdominal fluoroscopy
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Gastrointestinal fluoroscopy for medical students
1- Upper GI series: barium swallow(esophagram), barium meal, small bowel follow
through.
Esophagus, stomach, small intestine.
2- Lower GI series: barium enema , air-contrast barium enema. Colon and rectum.
Gastrointestinal Series for Medical Students, Abdominal FluoroscoPY
1- Barium swallow and barium meal :
swallowing dysfunction, dysphagia, hiatal hernia, reflux, gastro-duodenal pain, anastomosis patency.
2- Barium follow-through(enteroclysis).
malabsorption, intestinal adhesions, suspicion of Meckel diverticulum, of small bowel neoplasia, of ileitis.
3- Barium enema.
intrinsic colonic diseases, extrinsic compression (pancreatitis, tumoral mass, metastases), suspicion of fistula.
double contrast: allows better mucous membranes surfaces depiction.
