Potential cancer cell inoculation of tattoo site through use of a contaminated needle

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 884-886

  Kang, Hyong Ju ^a   Lee, Bo In ^a   Kim, Byung Wook ^a   Choi, Hwang ^a   Cho, Se Hyun ^a   Choi, Kyu Yong ^a   Chae, Hiun Suk ^a   Han, Seok Won ^a   Chung, In Sik ^a   Kim, Kyoung Mee ^a  

^a Our Lady Mercy Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; INDIAN INK; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; INOCULATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; TATTOO; TATTOOING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; NEOPLASM SEEDING; TATTOOING;

EID: 33646125862     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.11.039     Document Type: Article

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