title: Sensitivity of single contrast barium enema with regard to colorectal disease as diagnosed by colonoscopy.
abstract: The results of single contrast barium enema were retrospectively correlated with colonoscopically diagnosed colorectal disease in 54 patients (75 lesions). Altogether 66 lesions (88%) were correctly diagnosed. The sensitivity of barium enema for polyps was 81% (26/32). There were three perceptive errors and three polyps 5 mm or less in size were not demonstrated by barium enema. Twenty-nine cases of inflammatory disorders were all correctly diagnosed. One of 12 malignancies was missed by perceptive error. In two cases with vascular malformations the barium enema was normal. 4/9 (44%) of missed lesions were perceptive errors and could have been probably avoided by a second independent reading of films.
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004733:Enema; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate