“A Strange Flower in the Garden”: The Importance of the Dermatoscope in the Assessment of Tattoos

Júlia Verdaguer-Faja; Verónica  Mora-Fernandez; Maria  Fabregat-Pratdepadua; Ane  Jaka

doi:10.5826/dpc.1401a11

“A Strange Flower in the Garden”: The Importance of the Dermatoscope in the Assessment of Tattoos

Authors

Júlia Verdaguer-Faja Dermatology Service. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Verónica Mora-Fernandez Dermatology and Venereology Department. Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
Maria Fabregat-Pratdepadua Dermatology and Venereology Department. Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
Ane Jaka Dermatology and Venereology Department. Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

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Leijs M, Schaefer H, Rübben A, Cacchi C, Rustemeyer T, van der Bent S. Cutaneous malignancies in tattoos, a case series of six patients. Curr Oncol. 2021;28(6):4721–37.

Rogowska P, Sobjanek M, Sławińska M, Nowicki RJ, Szczerkowska-Dobosz A. Tattoos Dermatological Complications: Analysis of 53 Cases from Northern Poland. Dermatology. 2022;238(4):799-806. DOI: 10.1159/000520752. PMID: 34969030.

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2024-01-31

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2024 Vol 14, No 1 | January

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Verdaguer-Faja J, Mora-Fernandez V, Fabregat-Pratdepadua M, Jaka A. “A Strange Flower in the Garden”: The Importance of the Dermatoscope in the Assessment of Tattoos. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2024;14(1):e2024011. doi:10.5826/dpc.1401a11