title: Radiological and endoscopic correlation in upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and malignancy.
abstract: Conventional barium meal and endoscopic findings were compared in 75 patients with upper gastrointestinal (UGIT) haemorrhage and 43 patients with clinically suspected UGIT malignancy. Conventional barium meal missed 3 cases of malignancy and gave a false positive haemorrhage, barium meal helped to locate the source of bleeding correctly in 38 patients only 50.7%). While efforts should continue to be made to improve radiological yield, endoscopy, where a available, should be preferred in investigating UGIT diseases.
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate