Unexpected hyperpigmentation following intralesional bleomycin injection

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Sainsbury, D C G ^a   Kessell, G ^a   Guhan, A ^a   Fall, A ^a   Miller, V ^a   Abouzeid, M R ^a   Muir, T ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL; VEIN DISEASE;

ADULT; BLEOMYCIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 72049100956     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.09.016     Document Type: Letter

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