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Brain lipiodol contrast deposits 40 years after myelography
  1. José Blazer Costa1,
  2. Vítor Mendes Ferreira1,
  3. Manuel Salavisa1,2,
  4. Filipa Serrazina1
  1. 1Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal
  2. 2NOVA Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr José Blazer Costa; ze_pedro_costa{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2024-004329

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    • Contributors JBC is the guarantor. JBC and VMF both contributed equally as first authors with case description and literature review. MS and FS provided case review and literature review.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed by Paul Smith, Bristol, UK.