Contrast agents may pose danger in renal disease.(Clinical Rounds)(Disease/Disorder overview)

From: Family Practice News | Date: February 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Gadolinium-based contrast agents, when given to patients with renal disease, have been associated with a rare, potentially fatal, sclerodermalike skin disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis or nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory stating that the agency has received reports of 90 patients with moderate- to end-stage kidney disease who developed the new disease within 2 days to 18 months after they had magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with a gadolinium-based contrast ...

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