title: Gastrointestinal imaging in AIDS--luminal gastrointestinal tract.
abstract: Barium radiography of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with AIDS can assist in the evaluation of numerous problems including dysphagia, odynophagia, diarrhea, abdominal pain, symptoms of intermittent obstruction, and/or gastrointestinal bleeding. It can localize disease, evaluate complications, guide endoscopic biopsy, and monitor the progress of therapy.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate