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CASE REPORT
Anaphylactic shock perioperative to patent blue dye
Summary
Patent blue is one of the most used dyes for the identification of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer. This report describes a case of an anaphylactic shock reaction to patent blue dye in a patient with cross-reactivity to methylene blue. Therefore, after allergy confirmation, the operation was repeated avoiding blue dye and an alternative labelling technique with 99mTc albumin nanocolloids was used.
- anaesthesia
- medical management
- intensive care
- immunology
- healthcare improvement and patient safety