The histopathologic spectrum of decorative tattoo complications

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1110-1118

  Shinohara, Michi M ^a   Nguyen, Jennifer ^b   Gardner, Jennifer ^b   Rosenbach, Misha ^b   Elenitsas, Rosalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical mycobacterial infection; Mycobacterium chelonae; tattoo pigment; tattoo reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COLORING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; INK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TATTOOING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INK; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN DISEASES; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870254478     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12023     Document Type: Article

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