Fatal complications related to diagnostic barium enema |
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| Authors: | S Rimarenko L Finkel M L Taff M F Weiss I S Schwartz Q Federman L R Bogliol |
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| Affiliation: | Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York. |
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| Abstract: | Thousands of barium enemas are performed in the United States each year without incident. Occasionally complications arise, only a few of which are fatal. Perforation is the most frequent serious complication of this procedure. Two instances of fatal perforation, one colonic and the other vaginal, are described, and the relevant literature is reviewed. |
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