Abstract | OBJECTIVE: 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:
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Authors | K Hizawa, M Iida, K Eguchi, K Aoyagi, S Tada, Y Kuwano, Y Mochizuki, M Fujishima |
Journal | Clinical radiology
(Clin Radiol)
Vol. 53
Issue 10
Pg. 764-7
(Oct 1998)
ISSN: 0009-9260 [Print] England |
PMID | 9817096
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Contrast Media
- Barium Sulfate
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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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