Image of a normal colon

Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. All rights reserved.

This image shows a normal colon filled with barium. The barium shows up as white on the image. The arrows point to the normal curves of the colon.

ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerKathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerJerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology
Last RevisedApril 25, 2011

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