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Seven cases of intestinal tuberculosis in an active stage were studied by the double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) method. Formerly, diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis in the early stage by single-contrast barium enema (SCBE) and barium meals was based on functional phenomena, such as spasm and hypermotility of the ileocecal region. Presently, this can be better accomplished by DCBE. DCBE enables the detection of shallow ulcers with their characteristic elevated margins. These ulcers are frequently slim and transversally oriented. Confluence of ulcers may create whole girdle ulcers or affecte entire segments. In more advanced stages, characteristic deformities, also evident by SCBE, such as symmetrical annular stenoses, shortening, retraction, pouch formation, and the frequently observed pathology of the ileocecal valve and the cecal region, acquire a new dimension with DCBE.
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Nakano, H., Jaramillo, E., Watanabe, M. et al. Intestinal tuberculosis: Findings on double-contrast barium enema. Gastrointest Radiol 17, 108–114 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01888522
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