Rectal tumour. Coloured double contrast X-ray showing a villous tumour in a patient's rectum. This image was taken after a barium enema. Barium is rad

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Rectal tumour. Coloured double contrast X-ray showing a villous tumour in a patient's rectum. This image was taken after a barium enema. Barium is radio-opaque and therefore shows up as white on an X-ray.

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