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Is the risk of gadolinium retention higher if extravasation happened during the scan and it leaked under the skin?

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Hi, patient here.

I got an MRI a few weeks ago and my vein broke and the IV of gadolinium started leaking under my skin. She didn't notice until after a few minutes. I couldn't really see what was going on because I was blindfolded and still in the machine, but it felt very cold. The tech said "Shoot, it was going fine but then your vein broke" and that she was going to get another bottle of contrast and put it in my other arm, and she did. This seemed like a lot of contrast to me but I didn't say anything.

I felt fine immediately afterwards but the following night I got horrible diarrhea that did not seem to be caused by anything else, and ever since then I've been experiencing upper back pain and the pins and needles/burning sensation that folks speak of. Also my sense of taste is altered.

I'm not trying to be alarmist I'm just trying to figure out of the gadolinium could potentially have caused this.

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