title: Peroral pneumo colon--a double contrast technique to evaluate distal ileum and proximal colon.
abstract: The technique of peroral pneumocolon (POPC) has been found to be simple and easy to obtain excellent double contrast visualization of the distal ileum and proximal colon. Thirty-four patients were subjected to the POPC examination of which 29 had undergone prior barium meal follow through studies. In 86.2% of these cases POPC was found to be superior as compared to conventional studies. In 5 patients who could not retain Ba-enema, POPC was performed as first line of investigation with 100% efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, L.N.J.P.N. Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011029:Pneumoradiography / Q000379:methods*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate