In vivo intraoral reflectance confocal microscopy of an amalgam tattoo

• Main Authors: Oriol Yélamos (Author), Miguel Cordova (Author), Gary Peterson (Author), Melissa P. Pulitzer (Author), Bhuvanesh Singh (Author), Milind Rajadhyaksha (Author), Jennifer L. DeFazio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mattioli1885, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The majority of oral pigmentations are benign lesions such as nevi, melanotic macules, melanoacanthomas or amalgam tattoos. Conversely, mucosal melanomas are rare but often lethal; therefore, excluding oral melanomas in this setting is crucial. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a non-invasive in vi...