Pulmonary edema associated with methylene blue dye administration during sentinel lymph node biopsy

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1483-1484

  Teknos, Daniel ^a   Ramcharan, Alexius ^a   Oluwole, Soji F ^a  

^a Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Lung

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 58249118274     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31552-2     Document Type: Article

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