タトゥーがあるとMRIは受けられないのか?研究を読み解く

0.17〜0.3%

タトゥー関連反応の推定率

3T・330人/932点のタトゥー[6]

1件

実際に起きた反応

手首の違和感・24時間で消失[6]

0件 / 305人

別の3T研究でも

あえて除外せず有害事象なし[8]

184人 / 0

7Tのタトゥー保有者

予防策のもと副反応の報告なし[16]

出典: 各国の前向き・大規模MRI安全性研究 [6][8][16]
  1. 01

    静磁場(ずっとかかる磁石の力)

  2. 02

    傾斜磁場(細かく切り替わる)

  3. 03

    電波・RF(組織を温める)

MRIには性質の異なる3つの「場」があり、作用も別々です
黒(カーボンブラック/酸化鉄)
強磁性か
鉄が磁鉄鉱なら強磁性[5]
MRIでの反応
報告あり(鉄なしの炭でも例あり)[19]
赤・茶(酸化鉄系)
強磁性か
強磁性のことがある[5]
MRIでの反応
報告されやすい[5]
眉・アイラインのアートメイク
強磁性か
酸化鉄を含みやすい[5]
MRIでの反応
報告されやすい[5]
青(銅)・白(チタン)
強磁性か
強磁性ではない[18]
MRIでの反応
強い反応の報告は乏しい
「金属かどうか」ではなく「強磁性かどうか」が分かれ目出典: タトゥー顔料の磁性に関する分析 [5][18][19]
手術中のリンパ節評価
起こりうること
がん(悪性黒色腫)の転移と誤認
報告例
わきの下の色素が転移を疑わせた[11,12]
PET-CT
起こりうること
悪性リンパ腫と誤認
報告例
リンパ節の色素が検査薬に反応した[13]
顔まわりのMRI
起こりうること
画像が乱れて読みにくい
報告例
磁性粒子で信号が歪む[10]
お腹・骨盤のMRI
起こりうること
鉄サプリ等で画像にノイズ
報告例
ウコンで前立腺の像が乱れた例[20]
やけど以外に知っておきたい「画像」への影響出典: 症例報告・画像アーチファクト研究 [10][11][12][13][20]

よくある質問

References

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