title: [A woman with a blue coloured skin].
abstract: A 66-year-old woman with carcinoma of the breast developed a blue-grey colouring of the skin, after injection of patentblue for sentinel node procedure. This is a rare hypersensitivity reaction on patentblue, with the risk of depression of oxygen saturation or anaphylactic shock.
authors.affiliation: Westfriesgasthuis, Afd. Heelkunde, Hoorn, the Netherlands. ruudblokker@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ruud S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Blokker
authors.forename: Céline P E
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Asselbergs
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; C008769:sulfan blue