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Comparative features of double-contrast barium studies in patients with isosporiasis and strongyloidiasis.

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
To compare the gastrointestinal features of isosporiasis and strongyloidiasis.
METHODS:
Two patients with isosporiasis and three patients with strongyloidiasis were assessed by double-contrast radiography of the duodenum and small intestine, with reference to histology of the duodenal biopsy specimens.
RESULTS:
Both conditions affected the duodenum and the proximal jejunum, and showed similar radiographic changes as the diseases progressed. Thus, three patients with diarrhoea lasting 1 year or less showed only minimal or irregularly thickened mucosal folds, which seemed to result from mucosal inflammation. Two patients with long-standing disease periods (17 years and 30 years) presented a markedly granular mucosal appearance with effacement of the folds on radiography. These chronological differences in the radiographic features seemed to reflect the degree of villous atrophy.
CONCLUSION:
Isosporiasis has similar radiographic features of strongyloidiasis.
AuthorsK Hizawa, M Iida, K Eguchi, K Aoyagi, S Tada, Y Kuwano, Y Mochizuki, M Fujishima
JournalClinical radiology (Clin Radiol) Vol. 53 Issue 10 Pg. 764-7 (Oct 1998) ISSN: 0009-9260 [Print] England
PMID9817096 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Contrast Media
  • Barium Sulfate
Topics
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Barium Sulfate
  • Coccidiosis (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
  • Contrast Media
  • Duodenal Diseases (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
  • Isospora
  • Jejunal Diseases (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Opportunistic Infections (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
  • Radiography
  • Strongyloidiasis (diagnostic imaging, pathology)

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