Successful colchicine administration in facial granulomas caused by cosmetic implants: Report of a case

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-114

  Aivaliotis, Markos ^b,c   Kontochristopoulos, Georgios ^a   Hatziolou, Eftychia ^a   Aroni, Kyriaki ^b   Zakopoulou, Niki ^a  

^a A Syngros Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Cutaneous microimplants; Granulomas

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COLCHICINE; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249031545     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600601149619     Document Type: Article

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