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Barium periostitis: an intraoral complication following barium swallow.

Stanton DC, Seeger D, Robinson BT

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Barium is used with great frequency for various gastrointestinal radiographic studies. Complications arising from the use of barium are uncommon and can range from peritonitis, pneumonitis, vascular intravasation, allergic reactions, and even "barium appendicitis." We report a case of an unusual complication, periostitis, from the use of barium in a 46-year-old male.

Published 30 April 2007 in Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 103(5): e33-7.
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