Morphea-like tattoo reaction

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 392-395

  Mahalingam, Meera ^a   Kim, Ellen ^b   Bhawan, Jag ^b  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthosis; Inflammatory cell infiltrate; Morphea; Spongiosis; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LICHENOID; MORPHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TATTOO;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SKIN; TATTOOING;

EID: 0036785074     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200210000-00002     Document Type: Article

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