Anaphylaxis due to patent blue dye during lymphography, with negative skin prick test

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-72

  Crivellaro, Mariangiola ^a   Senna, Gianenrico ^a   Dama, Annarita ^a   Bonadonna, Patrizia ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c DIMI Padiglione Maragliano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Lymphography; Patent blue dye

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DISULFINE BLUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PRICK TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; URTICARIA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0038127037     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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