[The value of the x-ray study method in the diagnosis of celiac-sprue]

The authors describe some features of x-ray symptoms of Gee-Herter disease with relation to severity and a period of disease. Altogether 106 adult patients with this disease were followed up, of them 78 patients with diagnosis of Gee-Herter disease, confirmed by histology of intestinal biopsy specimens, were selected for analysis. Three groups of patients with different x-ray symptoms were singled out. Some distinctive features of differential diagnosis and complications of Gee-Herter disease in adults were noted.