Barium enema
Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise,
Idaho. All rights reserved.
Barium flows through a tube placed in the person’s rectum. The
radiologist uses fluoroscopy to monitor the passage of the barium through the
colon and to help position the person for X-ray images.
Credits
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine | | Specialist Medical Reviewer | Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology | | Last Updated | May 2, 2007 |
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Last Updated: May 2, 2007 |
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Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology |
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