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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>0001235659</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SCHRECK BRAD S</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>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP - Global Marketing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.8868</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2003-05-07</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-05-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>23958</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                    <value>23958</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
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    <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 May 7, 2003.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was previously reported as covering 26,250 shares at an exercise price of $9.10 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 $5.8868 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 23,958, 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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2004-10-30
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0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZM
0001235659
SCHRECK BRAD S
1111 MARCUS AVENUE
SUITE LL-26
LAKE SUCCESS
NY
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Senior VP - Global Marketing
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2003-05-07
2012-05-06
Common Stock
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23958
D
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.
Options are exercisable 25% per year commencing May 7, 2003.
This option was previously reported as covering 26,250 shares at an exercise price of $9.10 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 $5.8868 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 23,958, 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