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Sarcoidosis presenting with a granulomatous reaction confined to red tattoos
Author(s) -
SOWDEN J.M.,
CARTWRIGHT P.H.,
SMITH A.G.,
HILEY C.,
SLATER D.N.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1992.tb00257.x
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , dermatology , granulomatous disease , hypersensitivity reaction , granulomatous inflammation , cutaneous sarcoidosis , systemic disease , pathology , immunopathology , immunology
Summary A patient with sarcoidosis who presented with a granulomatous tattoo reaction is described. Although tattoo granulomata usually represent a local hypersensitivity reaction to tattoo pigments, they can be a manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis. In this case the lesions were confined to the red areas of tattoos suggesting that tattoo sarcoid may be more than just an example of the Koebner response.