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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Gadolinium





- Discussion:
    - Gadolinium-DTPA is a contrast material that is distributed in extracellular fluid
          and has paramagnetic properties;
    - it enhances edematous structures in T1 images;
    - it allows differentiation of recurrent disk herniations from scar tissue;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.