[The x-ray characteristics of the function of the upper digestive tract in nonspecific ulcerative colitis]

A roentgenological examination was carried out of the upper regions of the digestive canal in 52 patients with unspecific ulcerative colitis with a different extension of the pathological process in the colon. The obtained results were verified by means of fibrogastroduodenoscopy. Most of the examined patients revealed pathological changes in the stomach and duodenum that significantly deteriorate the course of the main disease. There was a direct dependence between the frequency of inflammatory lesions of the gastroduodenal zone and severity of the course of unspecific ulcerative colitis.