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Is a barium enema a useful test to determine what's the cause of abdominal pain?
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Not usually: Barium enema is not very useful in adding information about chronic abdominal pain.
Answered 1/23/2014
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At one point in: history barium enema was a mainstay, but it has been largely replaced by superior tests like colonoscopy and CT scan.
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