Clinical Review
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
Case in Point
Fed Pract. 2009 September;26(9):15
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Myrna Muñiz-Ortega, MD and Carlos Rosado, MD
Dr. Muñiz-Ortega is a nephrology fellow and Dr. Rosado is the chief of the dialysis unit, both at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR. In addition, Dr. Rosado is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan.
The patient in this case was exposed to a painful, potentially fatal, condition that results in skin thickening and other debilitating symptoms when he underwent contrast MRI. With more and more of these procedures being performed in the United States every year, clinicians must be aware of the possible dangers in this patient population.