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Tangential, I saw an episode of House where he put a patient with medical implants into an MRI and they ran it for a few seconds till the burning was too painful. Was this realistic?

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It happens sometimes. I’ve been there for it with an infected filling (patient was unaware - they went to a dentist and reported back), with tattooed eyebrows and anyone with a cochlear implant tends to suffer (from the torque, not heating).

There is the odd burn - rare, and mostly preventable. Burns are the most common class or MRI injury.

I’m an MR tech.

I remember there was an episode where this happens with a prison tattoo-- some of them can contain heavy metals that react in an MRI.

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