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        <issuerName>EZ EM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EZM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>GRAHAM PETER J</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1111 MARCUS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE LL-26</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAKE SUCCESS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP - General Counsel</officerTitle>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Daughter</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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            <securityTitle>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>By Spouse</value>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>221240</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>Jointly with Spouse</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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                    <value>3650</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3650</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value></value>
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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 1/3 per year commencing July 29, 2000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was previously reported as covering 4,000 shares at an exercise price of $5.625 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 $3.6389 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 3,650, to maintain, together with AngioDynamics options granted to the reporting person, the economic value of the option before the spin-off.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Options are exercisable 25% per year commencing October 30, 2002.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option was previously reported as covering 21,000 shares at an exercise price of $4.90 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 $3.1699 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 19,167, 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>
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4
2004-10-30
0
0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZM
0001235635
GRAHAM PETER J
1111 MARCUS AVENUE
SUITE LL-26
LAKE SUCCESS
NY
110421034
0
1
0
0
VP - General Counsel
Common Stock
19350
D
Common Stock
7350
I
By Daughter
Common Stock
15350
I
By Son
Common Stock
159887
I
By Spouse
Common Stock
221240
I
Jointly with Spouse
Common Stock Option
3.6389
2000-07-29
2009-07-28
Common Stock
3650
3650
D
Common Stock Option
3.1699
2002-10-30
2011-10-29
Common Stock
19167
19167
D
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.
Options are exercisable 1/3 per year commencing July 29, 2000.
This option was previously reported as covering 4,000 shares at an exercise price of $5.625 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 $3.6389 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 3,650, to maintain, together with AngioDynamics options granted to the reporting person, the economic value of the option before the spin-off.
Options are exercisable 25% per year commencing October 30, 2002.
This option was previously reported as covering 21,000 shares at an exercise price of $4.90 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 $3.1699 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 19,167, 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