Tattoo Reaction (tattoo + reaction)

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Selected Abstracts


True blue football fan: Tattoo reaction confined to blue pigment

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 1 2010
Corinne Yoong
ABSTRACT A tattoo reaction which appeared solely on the blue pigment of a 6-month old red and blue football club tattoo of an ardent fan was investigated. The patient was otherwise asymptomatic and no other abnormality was detected on full physical examination. Histology revealed a florid sarcoidal granuloma reaction to blue pigment. Preliminary investigations for systemic sarcoidosis did not reveal any abnormality. The tattoo reaction flattened clinically with the institution of a short course of topical mometasone furoate 0.1% ointment and as the subject remained asymptomatic, close surveillance for the development of systemic sarcoidosis is to continue. The possibility of delayed type hypersensitivity is discussed. [source]


Granulomatous tattoo reaction and erythema nodosum in a young woman: common cause or coincidence?

JOURNAL OF COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY, Issue 2 2008
Uwe Wollina MD
Summary Tattooing has become quite popular in Western countries. With the increasing prevalence, there is also an increased risk of adverse effects. We describe a 17-year-old female patient with a black and red,colored tattoo, who developed immediately after red tattooing general malaise with fever, nausea, and vomiting. A bullous reaction was temporarily seen within the red part of her tattoo. The reaction later shifted to a subacute dermatitis with bacterial superinfection. Two months later, she felt ill again. She developed painful tender nodules on the anterior aspect of both lower legs identified as erythema nodosum without sarcoidosis. Is this is a unique case of adverse reaction to tattoo pigments with a type I and a type IV reaction, or is this a coincidence? The treatment was initiated with systemic and topical corticosteroids and topical antibiotics combined with compression bandages for the legs. After 3 weeks of treatment, the erythema nodosum completely resolved and did not reappear during a 1-year follow-up. The treatment of the local reactions, however, was unsatisfactory without complete response. There is an indispensable need for regulation of tattoo pigments and tattooing to improve consumer safety. [source]


Granuloma annulare-like tattoo reaction

JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY, Issue 10 2007
Dr Izhar N. Bagwan MBBS
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True blue football fan: Tattoo reaction confined to blue pigment

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 1 2010
Corinne Yoong
ABSTRACT A tattoo reaction which appeared solely on the blue pigment of a 6-month old red and blue football club tattoo of an ardent fan was investigated. The patient was otherwise asymptomatic and no other abnormality was detected on full physical examination. Histology revealed a florid sarcoidal granuloma reaction to blue pigment. Preliminary investigations for systemic sarcoidosis did not reveal any abnormality. The tattoo reaction flattened clinically with the institution of a short course of topical mometasone furoate 0.1% ointment and as the subject remained asymptomatic, close surveillance for the development of systemic sarcoidosis is to continue. The possibility of delayed type hypersensitivity is discussed. [source]


Lip-enhancing tattoo reaction resolving with topical tacrolimus

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 4 2008
G. Wylie
No abstract is available for this article. [source]