ArticleRadiologia brasileira
Physicians with self-diagnosed gadolinium deposition disease: a case series.
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- Contrast Agents in Breast MRI: State of the Art and Future Perspectives.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- The safety of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.Frontiers in toxicology · 2024Article
- Near-cure in patients with Gadolinium deposition disease undergoing intravenous DTPA chelation.Frontiers in toxicology · 2024Article
- Gadolinium Deposition Disease: A Case Report and the Prevalence of Enhanced MRI Procedures Within the Veterans Health Administration.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to allow physicians with self-diagnosed gadolinium deposition disease symptoms to report their own experience. MATERIALS AND
methodsNine physicians (seven females), with a mean age of 50.5 ± 8.3 years, participated in this case series. Nationalities were American (n = 6), British, Portuguese, and Romanian. Medical practices included internal medicine (n = 2), trauma surgery, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, psychiatry, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and general practice.
resultsGenetically, eight of the physicians were of central European origin. Underlying autoimmune conditions were present in four. Symptoms developed after a single injection in one physician and after multiple injections in eight. The precipitating agent was gadobenate dimeglumine in four physicians, gadobutrol in three, gadoterate meglumine in one, and gadopentetate dimeglumine in one. The most consistent symptoms were a burning sensation, brain fog, fatigue, distal paresthesia, fasciculations, headache, and insomnia. Eight of the physicians were compelled to change their practice of medicine.
conclusionIn the various physicians, gadolinium deposition disease showed common features and had a substantial impact on daily activity. Physicians are educated reporters on disease, so their personal descriptions should spark interest in further research.
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