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WKR
Was referred a woman with enlarged lymph nodes under her arm, did a needle biopsy, tissue was black usually means melanoma, pathologist reported inflammatory changes consistent with foreign body reaction - tattoo ink.
Had a farmer north of our property stick his arm in a sprayer tank filled with herbicide, took it out and licked his fingers saying to his neighbor this stuff can’t hurt you - dead 15 yrs later of leukemia, who knows?
Anecdotes are meaningless compared with controlled studies. Remember this when you make decisions based on single events. The odds are that the next time black is present in a tissue sample it will be melanoma unless there is a tattoo upstream.
Had a farmer north of our property stick his arm in a sprayer tank filled with herbicide, took it out and licked his fingers saying to his neighbor this stuff can’t hurt you - dead 15 yrs later of leukemia, who knows?
Anecdotes are meaningless compared with controlled studies. Remember this when you make decisions based on single events. The odds are that the next time black is present in a tissue sample it will be melanoma unless there is a tattoo upstream.
