Development of sarcoidosis in cosmetic tattoos

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 869-872

  Antonovich, Diana D ^a   Callen, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYEBROW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SYMPTOM; TATTOO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER LIP;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; STEROIDS; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044498096     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.7.869     Document Type: Article

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