title: Intravenous fluorescein for evaluating the dusky nipple-areola during reduction mammaplasty.
abstract: The intravenous fluorescein test is a useful, safe adjunct in assessing the breast skin, as well as the nipple-areola complex, in reduction mammaplasties. If all the tissue fluoresces, one can safely assume that the area will go on to remain viable. If the nipple-areola does not fluoresce, the breast should be reexplored. Anything that subsequently fluoresces generally remains viable. If the nipple-areola remains nonfluorescent, then it should be converted to a full-thickness graft.
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005452:Fluoresceins; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D009558:Nipples; D013518:Surgery, Plastic
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins