Tattoo pigment in two lymph nodes in a patient with melanoma [1]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-102

  Dominguez, Emidomdur ^a   Alegre, Victor ^a   Garcia Melgares M L ^a   Laguna, C ^a   Martin B ^a   Sanchez J L ^a   Oliver, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TATTOO;

COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 37749005395     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02112.x     Document Type: Letter

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