Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast

Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) have been used to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of disease diagnoses. They have excellent safety profiles. However, rare adverse events may happen. We present a case of severe fatal allergic reaction to GBCA in a 35-year-old patient.

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Autores principales: Chalise, Som N, Palmer, Elizabeth, Pathak, Vikas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10449612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637616
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42455
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description Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) have been used to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of disease diagnoses. They have excellent safety profiles. However, rare adverse events may happen. We present a case of severe fatal allergic reaction to GBCA in a 35-year-old patient.
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spelling pubmed-104496122023-08-26 Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast Chalise, Som N Palmer, Elizabeth Pathak, Vikas Cureus Internal Medicine Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) have been used to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of disease diagnoses. They have excellent safety profiles. However, rare adverse events may happen. We present a case of severe fatal allergic reaction to GBCA in a 35-year-old patient. Cureus 2023-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10449612/ /pubmed/37637616 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42455 Text en Copyright © 2023, Chalise et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chalise, Som N
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Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast
title Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast
title_full Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast
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title_full_unstemmed Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast
title_short Fatal Allergic Reaction to Gadolinium Contrast
title_sort fatal allergic reaction to gadolinium contrast
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10449612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637616
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42455
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