Tattoo pigment in sentinel lymph nodes: A mimicker of metastatic malignant melanoma

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree ^a   Sjuve Scott, Rolf ^a   Lancaster Weiss, Kris ^b   Miller, Alexander ^c   Yeh, I Tien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c San Antonio Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PIGMENTATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TATTOO; CHEMISTRY; FOREIGN BODY; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; TATTOOING;

COLORING AGENT;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 21844445281     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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