title: Colonic perforation during barium enema in a patient without known colonic disease: a case report.
abstract: The barium enema is a safe and accurate diagnostic study of the colon but, in rare cases, causes complications, such as colonic perforation. A colon weakened by iatrogenic trauma due to the enema tip and/or retention balloon, or by disease is more likely to perforate during an enema than is a normal healthy bowel. Rarely the colon may burst due to excessive transmural pressure alone. We report a case of colonic perforation during barium enema in a 72-year-old female patient, due to excessive barium applied into the rectum.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Meselik Campus, 26480 Eskisehir Turkey. fatih_yasar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Necdet Fatih
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Yaşar
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ihtiyar