Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Clin Case Rep 2017 Jul;5(7):1184-1185
Date
07/07/2017Pubmed ID
28680623Pubmed Central ID
PMC5494376DOI
10.1002/ccr3.993Abstract
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a fibrosing disorder seen in patients with renal dysfunction, commonly precipitated by administration of gadolinium contrast. There is no consistently successful treatment, but oral steroids, topical dovonex, extracorporeal photopheresis, and plasmapheresis have been tried [http://www.icnfdr.org/ Last accessed: 1/6/2017]. Avoidance of gadolinium in such patients is the key to prevention.