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Thorotrast
- previously used contrast agent
- accumulated in RE system
- thorium emits alpha particles
- associated with:
- hepatobiliary Ca
- leukemia
- aplastic anemia
- dense liver and spleen
- "bone within a bone"
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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