High-frequency ultrasound imaging of tattoo reactions with histopathology as a comparative method. Introduction of preoperative ultrasound diagnostics as a guide to therapeutic intervention

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Hutton Carlsen, K ^a   Tolstrup, J ^a   Serup, J ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Laser treatment; Low echogenic band; Surgery; Tattoo reaction; Ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CELLULAR INFILTRATION; ECHOGENIC; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING; INFLAMMATORY PROCESS; LASER TREATMENT; TATTOO REACTION; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNING;

LASER SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHENOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; PUNCH BIOPSY; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TATTOO; TATTOO REACTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TATTOOING;

COLORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; COLORING AGENTS; DERMOSCOPY; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TATTOOING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84904115758     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12110     Document Type: Article

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