Your browser version may not work well with NCBI's Web applications. More information here...
1: Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2005 Dec 1;2:28.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Tattoo pigment in an axillary lymph node simulating metastatic malignant melanoma.

Jack CM, Adwani A, Krishnan H.

Breast Unit and Pathology Department Mayday University Hospital, London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE, Surrey UK. chrisjack@doctors.org.uk

We report a case of axillary lymphadenopathy thirty years after a decorative tattoo clinically mimicking metastatic melanoma. The importance of relying on histological confirmation of metastatic disease before altering extent of surgery is discussed. The importance of recording presence of decorative tattoos is stressed.

PMID: 16321151 [PubMed]

PMCID: PMC1325237