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. 2025 Jun;12(2):175-176.
doi: 10.15441/ceem.24.295. Epub 2024 Oct 16.

Computed tomography images of acute iodinate contrast medium reaction

Annapaola Truono  1 , Nicola Romano  2 , Lorenzo Bacigalupo  3 , Antonio Castaldi  2
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Computed tomography images of acute iodinate contrast medium reaction

Annapaola Truono et al. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2025 Jun.
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Fig. 1.
Head computed tomography (CT) images. (A, B) Axial and coronal noncontrast head CT. (C, D) Axial and coronal contrast-enhanced head CT. A diffuse thickening of the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa is highlighted (dotted circles), with consequent reduction of the lumen of the airways associated with a marked and bilateral hypertrophy of the turbinates.
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