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Is it uncommon to have an allergy to contrast dye?
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Contrast dye: Constrast dye reactions are now less common than when iodine was used in dyes. It is idiosyncratic, meaning there are no predictors for it, but can happen unsuspected.
Answered 4/21/2019
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