Squamous-cell Carcinoma Arises in Red Parts of Multicolored Tattoo within Months

Summary: Skin cancer formation is on the rise. Only a few case reports, which focus on skin cancer being caused by tattoos, have been published so far. Our aim is to determine whether skin cancer occurrence can be triggered by tattoos. In our presented case, a squamous-cell carcinoma developed insid...

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Main Authors: Felix Julian Paprottka, MD, Stiliano Bontikous, MD, Jörn A. Lohmeyer, MD, PhD, Detlev Hebebrand, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-03-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/03000/Article.13.aspx