Open AccessHow Long Will I Be Blue? Prolonged Skin Staining Following Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Using Intradermal Patent Blue Dye
Author(s) -
Metehan Gümüş,
Hatice Gümüş,
Sue Jones,
Peter A. Jones,
Ali Sever,
Jennifer Weeks
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000352092
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , biopsy , gynecology , sentinel node , surgery , cancer , pathology
Blue dye used for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients may cause prolonged skin discoloration at the site of injection. The aim of this study was to assess the duration of such skin discoloration.
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