Fig. 1.Supine spot image from double-contrast upper gastrointestinal
tract barium examination in 29-year-old woman shows no areae gastricae in
antrum and body of stomach.
Fig. 2.Supine spot image from double-contrast upper gastrointestinal
tract barium examination in 74-year-old woman shows extensive areae gastricae
in antrum and body of stomach.
Fig. 3.Graph of percentage of patients with visualized areae
gastricae plotted as function of age. With regression analysis, linear fit
shows that rate of visualization of areae gastricae increases by 9% per
decade.