Renal excretion of enteral gastrografin in the absence of free intestinal perforation.
The renal excretion of orally administered water-soluble contrast medium has been described in intestinal perforation (Mori and Barret, 1962). We present a case in which orally administered Diatrizoate methylglucamine (Gastrografin, Schering) was detected in the renal collecting system on computed tomography in a man with an ischaemic segment of small bowel associated with abscess formation but no evidence of intra-peritoneal perforation.
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Department of Radiology, Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital, Welkom, Republic of South Africa.
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D000328:Adult; D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply; D007511:Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine