Anaphylactic reaction to patent blue V used in preoperative computed tomography-guided dye localization of small lung nodules

Autor: Tsung-Ta Wu, Yeun-Chung Chang, Ming-Hui Hung, Jan-Ming Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol 115, Iss 4, Pp 288-289 (2016)
ISSN: 0929-6646
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2015.04.003
Popis: Currently, low-dose computed tomography (CT) detects many small and nonsolid lung nodules, which are not palpable and difficult to be identified during thoracoscopic surgery. Preoperative CT-guided dye localization can facilitate surgery and is therefore increasingly used to target small lung lesions. However, anaphylactic reaction to blue dye injected in the lung parenchyma is rarely reported. A 71-year-old man with hypertension, arrhythmia, and a history of colon cancer was treated by colonic resection 6 years ago. In his follow-up, bilateral pulmonary nodules with increasing size were found (8 mm in the right lower lobe and 11.5 mm in the left lower lobe). Positron emission tomography revealed high probability of malignancy. Bilateral thoracoscopic metastatectomies were indicated. Prior to the surgery, 0.2 mL of patent blue V dye (Patent
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