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    <periodOfReport>2004-10-30</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>EZ EM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EZM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001235669</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LOMBARDO ANTHONY A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1111 MARCUS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE LL-26</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAKE SUCCESS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>110421034</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.4987</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2001-04-03</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2010-04-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>250996</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>250996</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options are exercisable 25% per year commencing April 3, 2001.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was previously reported as covering 275,000 shares at an exercise price of $8.50 per share.  As a result of the spin-off by E-Z-EM, Inc. of AngioDynamics, Inc. on October 30, 2004, the exercise price was reduced to $5.4987 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 250,996, to maintain, together with AngioDynamics options granted to the reporting person, the economic value of the option before the spin-off.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-11-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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4
2004-10-30
0
0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZM
0001235669
LOMBARDO ANTHONY A
1111 MARCUS AVENUE
SUITE LL-26
LAKE SUCCESS
NY
110421034
1
1
0
0
President and CEO
Common Stock Option
5.4987
2001-04-03
2010-04-02
Common Stock
250996
250996
D
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.
Options are exercisable 25% per year commencing April 3, 2001.
This option was previously reported as covering 275,000 shares at an exercise price of $8.50 per share.  As a result of the spin-off by E-Z-EM, Inc. of AngioDynamics, Inc. on October 30, 2004, the exercise price was reduced to $5.4987 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 250,996, to maintain, together with AngioDynamics options granted to the reporting person, the economic value of the option before the spin-off.
By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact
2004-11-02