Tattoo pigment mimics positive sentinel lymph node in melanoma

Dermatology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 342-344

  Moehrle, Matthias ^a,b   Blaheta, H J ^a   Ruck, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Melanoma; Sentinel node; Tattoo pigment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; TATTOO;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 0035675274     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051787     Document Type: Article

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