Overestimating the Risk of Intravenous Contrast Medium-Induced Nephropathy: A Pitfall in Imaging the Genitourinary System

The overestimation of overall risk and consequences of intravenous contrast media-induced nephropathy has perpetuated an unwarranted avoidance of contrast-enhanced studies with consequent reduction in effectiveness of management of a number of genitourinary diseases. Properly assessing the risk of contrast nephropathy and avoiding this common imaging pitfall is critical in avoiding or misdiagnosing otherwise treatable genitourinary pathology.

Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - February 5, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Lyndon Luk, Jeffrey H. Newhouse Source Type: research