An amalgam tattoo on the oral mucosa related to a dental prosthesis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-92

  Martin J M ^a   Nagore, E ^b,c   Cremades, A ^b   Botella Estrada, R ^b   Sanmartin O ^b   Sevila, A ^b   Requena, C ^b   Serra Guillen C ^b   Guillen C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Mucosa; Pigmentation; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL AGGREGATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METAL IMPLANTATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TATTOO; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

BIOPSY; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 13944270335     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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