Small bowel perforation during enteroclysis.
Small bowel perforation with massive intraperitoneal leakage of barium occurred during the performance of enteroclysis in a 72-year-old woman. It is postulated that an ischemic segment of the partially obstructed ileum had ruptured because of rapid intraluminal flow of contrast material and increased abdominal pressure when the patient was rotated to a prone position.
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Department of Radiology, Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center, Florida 32303.
D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004733:Enema / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate