A Tattoo-Associated Complication: Foreign Body Granulomatous Reaction.

Am J Dermatopathol

*Dermatology Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey †Dermatology Department, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey ‡Pathology Department, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Published: December 2016

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