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Caecal bariolith: an unusual complication following a barium meal

S. K. Gupta, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P. ^* and G. M. Fraser, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P. (Ed.), F.R.C.R.

^* Gastrointestinal Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Department of Radiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

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In 1967 Dixon et al reported a case of barium retention in the caecum two years after barium meal and barium enema examinations in the absence of any organic pathology of the colon other than moderate inflammation in the caecal wall adjacent to the retained barium. They named the phenomenon "caecal bariolith".

In this report we describe a similar case of retained barium in the caecum with superficial stercoral ulceration in the adjacent caecal mucosa.

Received for publication July 1, 1984.