Large bowel obstruction due to an impacted barolith--a delayed complication of a barium study.
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چکیده
Complications of barium sulphate studies abound in the literature but there are very few recorded instances of large bowel obstruction due to inspissated barium and faeces forming a 'barolith'. A patient who suffered this complication is reported.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 66 778 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990