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Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: The need for accurate case reporting

✍ Scribed by Alberto Spinazzi; Miles A. Kirchin; Gianpaolo Pirovano

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
36 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
1053-1807

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✦ Synopsis

We have read with great interest the recent editorial by Dr. Peter Dawson entitled "Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: Possible Mechanisms and Imaging Management Strategies" which appeared in the October issue of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1). Although the article is well written, there are shortcomings which should be brought to the attention of the readers of JMRI to prevent misconceptions and misunderstandings. Above all, Table 1 indicates that there have been cases of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) with certain gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) only. Unfortunately, it is not clear whether Table 1 refers to cases spontaneously reported by healthcare professionals or by consumers to the healthcare authorities ("spontaneous reports") or cases described in peer-reviewed articles. In our experience, several spontaneous reports, especially those reported by consumers, turn

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