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Enema opaco - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Enema de bario; Colon por enema

Riesgos:

Hay una exposición baja a la radiación. Los rayos X se monitorean y se regulan para generar la mínima cantidad de exposición a la radiación necesaria para producir la imagen. La mayoría de los expertos consideran que el riesgo es mínimo comparado con los beneficios que se obtienen. Las mujeres embarazadas y los niños son más sensibles a los riesgos con los rayos X.

Un riesgo más serio es la perforación del colon, lo cual es muy poco común.

Consideraciones:

La colonoscopia es otra forma de diagnosticar y monitorear enfermedades en el colon.

Enema de bario

Rayos X de un cáncer rectal

Rayos X de cáncer de colon sigmoide

Enema de bario

Reviewed last on: 12/14/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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Pickhardt PJ. Diagnostic imaging procedures in gastroenterology. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 135.

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