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Small bowel cancer diagnoses is barium xray why it has not replaced by ct scan both need barium drinking but ct show more things?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Barium: much better for luminal (phenobarbital) lesions, CT better for extraluminal (phenobarbital) lesions. They complement each other

Answered 6/4/2016

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