A patient who is experiencing difficulty swallowing is diagnosed with esophageal cancer after having a barium swallow. The nurse recognizes that the diagnostic test must have displayed which finding?
1. narrow esophageal lumen
2. tumor
3. metastasis
4. blood
Correct Answer: 1
With a barium swallow, esophageal cancer is seen as a narrowing of the lumen or an irregular mucosal pattern. Other testing would be needed to detect an actual tumor, metastasis, and any bleeding.
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