Large bowel obstruction due to an impacted barolith--a delayed complication of a barium study.
Complications of barium sulphate studies abound in the literature but there are very few recorded instances of large bowel obstruction due to inspissated barium and faeces forming a 'barolith'. A patient who suffered this complication is reported.
Saunders
M P
MP
Department of Surgery, Greenwich District Hospital, London, UK.
D001466:Barium Sulfate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001466:Barium Sulfate