PHOTOSENSITIVITY REACTION TO INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERED FLUORESCEIN

Authors
LENTNER A BOHLER U
Citation
A. Lentner et U. Bohler, PHOTOSENSITIVITY REACTION TO INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERED FLUORESCEIN, Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine, 11(4), 1995, pp. 178-179
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09054383
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
178 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0905-4383(1995)11:4<178:PRTIAF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Sodium fluorescein is an organic dye widely used as a diagnostic aid. This article reports a case of a photosensitivity reaction associated with intravenous administration in a healthy volunteer. To our knowled ge, this is the Ist case of a photosensitivity reaction of the immedia te type due to fluorescein reported in the literature, which probably indicates its very low incidence. The literature on photosensitization to fluorescein is reviewed.