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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2019; 29(02): 141-154
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_465_18
Gastro-Intestinal Imaging

Barium esophagogram in various esophageal diseases: A pictorial essay

Uma Debi
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER Chandigarh, India
,
Madhurima Sharma
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER Chandigarh, India
,
Lokesh Singh
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER Chandigarh, India
,
Anindita Sinha
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER Chandigarh, India
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Abstract

Recent years have seen a decline in number of barium procedures due to wider availability of cross sectional imaging modalities. Though use of barium esophagography/barium swallow has decreased in day to day clinical practice, it still remains a valuable test for structural and functional evaluation of esophagus. It can be performed as single or double contrast examination or as a multiphasic examination comprising upright double contrast views followed by prone single contrast views. This pictorial essay demonstrates imaging features of various esophageal diseases on barium esophagogram.

Keywords

Barium swallow - diverticula - esophagus - motility disorder - tumours - webs


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22 July 2021

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