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PERSISTENT COLONIC SPASM CONCEALING A CARCINOMA - AN UNCOMMON DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL OF THE BARIUM ENEMA EXAMINATION
PERSISTENT COLONIC SPASM CONCEALING A CARCINOMA - AN UNCOMMON DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL OF THE BARIUM ENEMA EXAMINATION CLINICAL RADIOLOGY Massoud, T. F., Gibson, R. J., Nolan, D. J. 1991; 43 (6): 417-419Abstract
Colonic carcinomas may be missed on the barium enema examination for a variety of perceptive, technical, and interpretive reasons. We report an uncommon source of error-persistent bowel spasm resulting in concealment of an underlying carcinoma. Awareness of this association is necessary in the effort to minimize diagnostic pitfalls of the barium enema examination.
View details for Web of Science ID A1991FR53800014