We performed direct radiographic magnification (X3) using a 0.1-mm microfocal tube and computed radiography (CR) in air-barium double-contrast studies of the stomach and duodenum. To eliminate blurring of the image due to motion, we used the maximum kilovolt peak rate possible (102 kVp), the maximum milliampere second rate possible (64 mAs), the shortest possible exposure time (0.1 second), and...

0 T view surgica1 Iesions of the stomach and duodenum from the standpoint of etioIogy, symptoms and signs, pathoIogy, and operative correction is to miss much. AItered physioIogy and biochemistry are aIso important and the surgeon of today has broadened his fieId to understand and correct the deficiencies resuIting from nutritional disturbances. These deficiencies may be associated with the vit...

A study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of two different doses of a new hypotonizing agent, cimetropium bromide, as a premedication for X-ray of the stomach and duodenum. Forty consecutive patients were allocated at random to two groups and treated intravenously in double-blind fashion with 5 mg or 10 mg cimetropium bromide. The drug was administered immediately after the first phase o...

We report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a personal background of hypertension and peptic ulcer with a 5-days history of constipation, vomiting and abdominal pain. Simple radiology and abdominal computed tomography were performed, finding a great dilatation of the stomach until the first portion of the duodenum. The obstruction was due to a gallstone obstruction in the second portion of t...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is evaluating the correlation of postprandial fullness with chronic gastritis or rapid inflow of gastric content into duodenum, based on double-contrast barium X-ray imaging. METHODS 253 healthy subjects who underwent upper gastrointestinal barium X-ray examination were analyzed. Chronic gastritis was judged from mucosal atrophy and hypertrophic thickened fold...

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A woman (70-years) with a history of iron deficiency anemia and chronic kidney disease presented with two weeks of abdominal pain. Upper endoscopy demonstrated the gastric and duodenal mucosa was black and speckled consistent with diagnosis of pseudomelanosis. Biopsies showed pigment-laden macrophages in the lamina propria, which stained positive for iron and Masson-Fontana trichrome stain cons...