. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 27. Chronic Obstruction from Diverticulitis. Lesion atpoints A and Fig. 28. Same Case as Figure 27, four \Lur^ later,showing complete obstruction to barium revealed chronic inflammatory mass. appearance is no different from a chronicperforation of gastric or duodenal ulcer. Theplate may show an abscess cavity filled withbarium outside the lumen of the gut, with asmall isthmus of barium connecting it withthe intestine. Acute perforations do not cometo the .^--ray man. Some of the acute divert


. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 27. Chronic Obstruction from Diverticulitis. Lesion atpoints A and Fig. 28. Same Case as Figure 27, four \Lur^ later,showing complete obstruction to barium revealed chronic inflammatory mass. appearance is no different from a chronicperforation of gastric or duodenal ulcer. Theplate may show an abscess cavity filled withbarium outside the lumen of the gut, with asmall isthmus of barium connecting it withthe intestine. Acute perforations do not cometo the .^--ray man. Some of the acute diverticulitis attackssimulate a left-sided appendix. The bariumenema may be of help in such cases bydemonstrating that the cecum and appen- 510 The Roentgen Ray in Diverticulitis of the Colon


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