Unusual local reaction to iodinated contrast medium.
Injection of water-soluble contrast medium into a foot vein in a 5-month-old infant was complicated by intense edema and vesicle formation above the site of injection. This was due to local toxic effect of contrast medium entering the lymphatic system with backflow into the skin. The method by which the contrast medium entered the lymphatics could not be determined.
D003973:Diatrizoate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007455:Iodine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
D003973:Diatrizoate; D007455:Iodine