Insight into the dynamic of gadolinium based contrast agent (GBCA) hypersensitivity: Acquisition, persistence and disappearance

Abstract

Anaphylaxis against gadolinium based contrast agents (GBCAs) has been reported in all severity grades but is less frequent than hypersensitivity/allergy against iodinated contrast materials. Once a patient acquires such an adverse reaction a life-long premedication is usually the consequence in concert with GBCA-enhanced MR-imaging procedures. The usefulness of this prophylaxis has been questioned, and discussed controversially during the past. The herein presented case may shed some light into the dynamic of contrast-medium-induced hypersensitivity reactions.

Keywords: Breakthrough reaction; Contrast medium allergy; Dynamic of GBCA-allergy; Gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA); Hypersensitivity.