Skin cancers arising in tattoos: Coincidental or not?

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-221

  Kluger, Nicolas ^a,c   Phan, Alice ^b   Debarbieux, Sébastien ^b   Balme, Brigitte ^b   Thomas, Luc ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cicatrix, complications; Melanoma; Tattoo pigment; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY; SUN EXPOSURE; TATTOO;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 53549093865     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000143794     Document Type: Article

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