Clinical Case Reports (Jul 2021)

Barium appendicitis

  • Daisuke Omura,
  • Naoko Yunoki,
  • Yuki Otsuka,
  • Yasuhiro Nakano,
  • Hideharu Hagiya,
  • Fumio Otsuka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4583
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract We have presented a case of barium appendicitis, which is a rare complication of barium enema studies. Barium sulfate is used widely for gastrointestinal radiographic studies and is associated with few complications. Clinicians need to be fully aware of this complication.

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