Ileal duplication and multiple intraluminal diverticula: scintigraphy and barium meal

Adenocarcinoma in an ileal duplication.

Alimentary tract duplications are a rare congenital anomalies that usually present in childhood and occasionally in adults. To our knowledge, since 1884, there have been only 14 reported cases of ileal duplications in adults of which 3 patients had developed malignancy in the duplicated ileum. We report here such an extremely rare case of isolated ileal duplication in an elderly male in whom ma...

Multiple congenital left ventricular diverticula and aneurysm.

The General Practitioner Barium Meal Service

introduction The radiology departments at Southmead and Ham Green Hospitals, Bristol, have provided a general practitioner service for general work and barium meals for some years. Unfortunately, the pressure of hospital inpatient and out-patient work led to a waiting period of from three to six months for non-urgent general practitioner barium meal requests. The appointment of one ?f us (C.J.)...

Respiratory Dyspnœa Following Administration of Barium Meal

a complete investigation is carried out as a routine procedure, and complete examinations of the blood, stools, urine, sputum, etc., are made. The administration of a barium meal to ascertain the condition of the gastro-intestinal tract has often to be done. In a previous paper Chopra, Hayter and Bhattacharya (1937) have given an account of the radiological investigations of the gastro-intestin...

Combined barium meal and cholecystogram--an analysis of 1,444 patients.

Since many dyspeptic patients are still investigated initially by radiology, a policy was initiated whereby all such patients were directly referred for combined simultaneous double-contrast barium meal and cholecystogram. This policy was aimed at reducing patient visits to hospital and increasing diagnostic yield. The results of 1,444 combined procedures are presented. Of these, 310 (25.5%) ha...