Case reports Case 1 A male born in 1903. He had a past history of duodenal ulceration. In 1959, after a coronary occlusion, he complained of difficulty in swallowing food. A barium swallow showed narrowing and irregularity of the distal end of the oesophagus reaching just above the diaphragm. At oesophagoscopy a 3-cm length of yellow slough and hyperaemia was observed, and biopsy was considered...

CASE REPORT Mr. J. M. S., a surveyor aged 45, suffered from indigestio-n for many years. During the war his dyspepsia was investigated on several occasions and in Cairo in 1944 he had a barium meal examinationi, but no evidence of peptic ulcer was discovered. Because of the repeated negative findings at clinical and radiological examination he was considered to be suffering from nervous dyspeps...

THE visualization of the pancreas has not, as yet, become a routine procedure. The radiological diagnosis of pancreatic disease still depends, by and large, on indirect signs, whether these are shown on plain films or on barium examinations. The barium meal with special reference to the duodenal loop remains the sheet anchor of the average radiologist. The method and the signs of this examinati...

Studies on animals and in man indicate that metoclopramide increases the gastric emptying rate, has a potent antiemetic effect, and is virtually free of side effects (Boisson and Albot, 1966). A substance with such attributes would obviously be very useful in clinical radiology. A preliminary study made on 95 consecutive patients referred for barium meal examination supported these findings. Of...

Objective of this work is to evaluate radiation exposure from X-ray examinations in a large paediatric hospital in Serbia, including radiographic, fluoroscopic and computed tomography (CT) examinations in four age groups: 0-1, 1-5, 5-10 and 10-15 y. Incident air kerma was assessed for the following radiographies: chest (AP, PA, LAT), spine (AP, LAT), pelvis (AP), urinary tract (AP, PA) and skul...

Gastric outlet obstruction by gall stone is a rare complication of a common disorder. Two cases are reported here. The investigations are conducted along the same lines as for pyloric stenosis. The diagnosis can be made with a barium meal or gastroscopy. Treatment is by surgical intervention after adequate resuscitation.

A 19-year-old male presented with abdominal distenion and constipation for 3 days and vomiting for one day. here was no similar history in the past. There were no ther co-morbidities. On examination, patient had abdomial distension. Routine lab investigations were within normal imits. Barium meal showed the duodeno-jejunal (DJ) flexure n the right side of abdomen and clustered proximal jejunal

We report a 5-year-old girl who presented with persistent iron-deficiency anemia. She had a history of abdominal pain and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. High-resolution computed tomography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy and barium meal examination revealed a congenital diaphragmatic hernia with intermittent gastric volvulus. The anemia was the result of Cameron lesions associated with diaphr...

When 102 patients with dyspepsia who had normal findings on barium-meal examination in 1964 were interviewed in 1970, 85 of them (76%) were symptomatically improved, and only three were later shown to have a peptic ulcer. This suggests that "x-ray-negative dyspepsia" has a good prognosis in a general practice setting.

Case report A male printer born in 1937 was first seen in January 1971 complaining of dyspepsia. A barium meal examination was negative and he was treated symptomatically. In March 1973 he complained of loss of appetite, difficulty in swallowing with food appearing to stick at various levels, and a weight loss from about 66 to 60 kg over the previous few months. A month later he developed sever...