Complication of a Red Tattoo

Delayed complication from a tattoo.

Volume 86, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 669 A 39-year-old man presented with small nodules that had developed in his tattoos over the previous eight weeks. The nodules were not painful or pruritic. They were present only in the blue portions of the tattoo, but appeared in different tattoos on his arms and upper back (Figures 1 and 2). The tattoos were professionally appli...

Cutaneous Pseudolymphoma in a Red Tattoo

A 32 year-old healthy woman presented with a 4 month history of pruritus and nodules in a 2-year-old professionally placed tattoo in the lower limb. On examination of the lower right leg she had nodules limited to the red areas of the tattoo, and not in the other colors (Figure 1). Epicutaneous patch testing revealed a positive reaction to nickel, which was considered as non-causative, because ...

Malignant Melanoma Arising in Red Tattoo Ink

We report the case of a 33-year-old male who presented with a malignant melanoma on his anterior chest wall. The lesion was only found in the red ink pigment of the tattoo, as were several in-transit dermal metastases. Possible explanations include a pre-existing lesion which was seeded with red ink or the possibility of the red ink causing an inflammatory reaction leading to malignant transfor...

Tattoo Granuloma Restricted to Red Dyes

824 Ann Dermatol Received August 17, 2016, Revised November 9, 2016, Accepted for publication November 30, 2016 Corresponding author: Kapsok Li, Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06973, Korea. Tel: 82-2-6299-1525, Fax: 82-2-823-1049, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Co...

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