Incidental MRI Findings of Acute Gadolinium Hypersensitivity

A 13-year-old girl with a remote history of juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma developed acute onset flushing, tachycardia and shortness of breath immediately following administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine during routine brain MRI that subsided following intravenous diphenhydramine. A retrospecti...

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Main Authors: Amene, C., Yeh-Nayre, L.A., Dory, C.E., Crawford, J.R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: S. Karger AG 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362305/