Intestinal transit and opaque enema study in chagasic mice.

Abstract

The report concerns as experimental study utilizing thirty-three mice inoculated subcutaneously with 1000 blood forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Intestinal transit and morphology of colon were studies by means of X-rays. In subacute stage intestinal transit was normal. In chronic stages the mice displayed a delay in evacuation time. In one out of 12 animals the opaque enema documented the existence of megacolon.

• Authors: T Mori, H S Yoon, F H Iizuka, J M Myung, H R Sato, M F Silva, M Okumura
• Journal: Revista do Hospital das Clinicas (Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo) 1995 Jan-Feb Vol. 50 Issue 1 Pg. 63-6 ISSN: 0041-8781 [Print] Brazil
• PMID: 7481459 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Contrast Media
• Barium Sulfate

Topics

• Animals
• Barium Sulfate
• Chagas Disease (diagnostic imaging, physiopathology)
• Contrast Media
• Enema
• Gastrointestinal Transit
• Megacolon (physiopathology)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Radiography