Masked Melanoma: Cancerous Mole Hidden Behind Tattoo

Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Doctors strongly caution against getting tattoos close to a mole, because it can make it difficult to diagnose melanoma. Even trickier, is to remove a tattoo placed on a mole, as doctors describe in a case report.

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