Remy W F Geenen, Giles Roditi, Marie-France Bellin, Michele Bertolotto, Torkel Brismar, Jean-Michel Correas, Ilona A Dekkers, Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Andreas H Mahnken, Aart J van der Molen, Carlo C Quattrocchi, Alexander Radbuch, Peter Reimer, Maria Sebastià, Fulvio Stacul, Laura Romanini, Olivier Clément
OBJECTIVES: It is uncertain whether modern iodine-based or gadolinium-based contrast media (CM) administration can lead to increased symptoms in patients with myasthenia gravis. METHODS: A systematic search in Medline was conducted for studies describing the symptomatology of myasthenia gravis patients before and after receiving intravenous (IV) CM and having a matched control group of myasthenia gravis patients who did not receive IV CM. RESULTS: Three retrospective studies were selected with a total of 374 myasthenia gravis patients who received iodine-based CM and a total of 313 myasthenia gravis patients who underwent unenhanced CT and served as controls...
December 14, 2023: European Radiology