Esophageal varices.
Barium swallow is generally used to demonstrate esophageal varices, which appear as serpiginous filling defects in the distal esophagus and cardia of the stomach. Angiography is used for pre- and postoperative shunt evaluation.
Fearnow
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Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
DeLuca
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D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001466:Barium Sulfate