Radiologic Examination of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Abstract

ADVANCES in the radiologic examination of the gastrointestinal tract have not been touched on in this section for more than ten years. With few exceptions, only the more recent papers on various topics are reviewed here, with emphasis on subjects in which interest is most active.The EsophagusCongenital DuplicationFrank and Paul¹ reported the first case of duplication diagnosed before death. A swallow of barium was seen to enter one large and one small canal in the lower two thirds of the esophagus. The two canals united just above the diaphragm. The patient was ten years old, and on . . .