Cargando…

Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs

Cosmetic tattooing has become a risk factor for several adverse reactions related to inks, procedures, and associated clinical conditions. Development of a sarcoid reaction to the inserted tattoo pigment in the skin is not common. We report a 45 year-old patient with history of dyspnea and mild coug...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Naeini, F Fatemi, Pourazizi, M, Abtahi-Naeini, B, Saffaei, A, Bagheri, F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28272073
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0022-3859.201421
_version_ 1783233375012651008
author Naeini, F Fatemi
Pourazizi, M
Abtahi-Naeini, B
Saffaei, A
Bagheri, F
author_facet Naeini, F Fatemi
Pourazizi, M
Abtahi-Naeini, B
Saffaei, A
Bagheri, F
author_sort Naeini, F Fatemi
collection PubMed
description Cosmetic tattooing has become a risk factor for several adverse reactions related to inks, procedures, and associated clinical conditions. Development of a sarcoid reaction to the inserted tattoo pigment in the skin is not common. We report a 45 year-old patient with history of dyspnea and mild cough since two years who had subsequently developed reddish, scaly lesions in her 15-year old tattoo done near her right eyebrow. Skin biopsy of the tattoo lesion revealed cutaneous sarcoidosis which led to further investigations and a diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. The present case highlights the fact that cutaneous sarcoidosis can develop in a long-standing tattoo. Also such a patient should be screened for systemic sarcoidosis disease.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5414424
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-54144242017-05-12 Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs Naeini, F Fatemi Pourazizi, M Abtahi-Naeini, B Saffaei, A Bagheri, F J Postgrad Med Case Report Cosmetic tattooing has become a risk factor for several adverse reactions related to inks, procedures, and associated clinical conditions. Development of a sarcoid reaction to the inserted tattoo pigment in the skin is not common. We report a 45 year-old patient with history of dyspnea and mild cough since two years who had subsequently developed reddish, scaly lesions in her 15-year old tattoo done near her right eyebrow. Skin biopsy of the tattoo lesion revealed cutaneous sarcoidosis which led to further investigations and a diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. The present case highlights the fact that cutaneous sarcoidosis can develop in a long-standing tattoo. Also such a patient should be screened for systemic sarcoidosis disease. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5414424/ /pubmed/28272073 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0022-3859.201421 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Postgraduate Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Naeini, F Fatemi
Pourazizi, M
Abtahi-Naeini, B
Saffaei, A
Bagheri, F
Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs
title Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs
title_full Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs
title_fullStr Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs
title_full_unstemmed Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs
title_short Looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: Screening the lungs
title_sort looking beyond the cosmetic tattoo lesion near the eyebrow: screening the lungs
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28272073
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0022-3859.201421
work_keys_str_mv AT naeiniffatemi lookingbeyondthecosmetictattoolesionneartheeyebrowscreeningthelungs
AT pourazizim lookingbeyondthecosmetictattoolesionneartheeyebrowscreeningthelungs
AT abtahinaeinib lookingbeyondthecosmetictattoolesionneartheeyebrowscreeningthelungs
AT saffaeia lookingbeyondthecosmetictattoolesionneartheeyebrowscreeningthelungs
AT bagherif lookingbeyondthecosmetictattoolesionneartheeyebrowscreeningthelungs