BARIUM ENEMA EXAMINATION IN THE EVALUATION OF LARGE PELVIC MASSES

¹ From the Department of Radiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

The findings on barium enema examination were evaluated in a series of commonly monly seen large pelvic masses—the myomatous uterus, the distended bladder and the ovarian mass. The masses studied showed significant extension into the abdominal cavity. The study emphasizes the utility of the lateral roentgenogram in evaluating the mobility or fixation of the masses and the probable pelvic organ from which they originate. A sign suggestive of the large myomatous uterus—flattening of the superior contour of the distal sigmoid in the frontal projection—is discussed and its probable mechanism postulated.

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