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Staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow

Side effects of tattoos can occur due to unexpected body responses. Concerns about the side effects of tattoos are growing concomitantly with the increasing number of tattooed individuals. We report a rare case of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on a tattooed eyebrow. A 48-year-old woman with no family h...

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Autores principales: Han, Song Hyun, Jo, Dong In, Kim, Soon Heum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7644349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33143401
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2020.00346
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description Side effects of tattoos can occur due to unexpected body responses. Concerns about the side effects of tattoos are growing concomitantly with the increasing number of tattooed individuals. We report a rare case of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on a tattooed eyebrow. A 48-year-old woman with no family history or occupational risk of skin cancer had her eyebrows tattooed 6 years prior, and she noticed a black mass on her right eyebrow 1 year before presentation. Staged excision was planned due to the patient’s reluctance regarding the possibility of a wide scar. After the first surgical procedure, a histopathological examination confirmed BCC. Wide excision and primary closure were performed for remnant BCC, and no recurrence was observed. The mechanism of skin neoplasms involving tattoos has not been clearly identified. Unapproved tattoo inks contain carcinogenic substances, and previous case reports indicate that skin neoplasms may differ depending on the tattoo color. Therefore, the carcinogenic effects of these unknown components of tattoo ink might cause skin neoplasms. Accurate component analysis and systematic management of tattoo ink is necessary, and medical practitioners must also pay attention to this possibility because it is easy to overlook tattoos as a causal factor contributing to cancer.
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spelling pubmed-76443492020-11-13 Staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow Han, Song Hyun Jo, Dong In Kim, Soon Heum Arch Craniofac Surg Case Report Side effects of tattoos can occur due to unexpected body responses. Concerns about the side effects of tattoos are growing concomitantly with the increasing number of tattooed individuals. We report a rare case of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on a tattooed eyebrow. A 48-year-old woman with no family history or occupational risk of skin cancer had her eyebrows tattooed 6 years prior, and she noticed a black mass on her right eyebrow 1 year before presentation. Staged excision was planned due to the patient’s reluctance regarding the possibility of a wide scar. After the first surgical procedure, a histopathological examination confirmed BCC. Wide excision and primary closure were performed for remnant BCC, and no recurrence was observed. The mechanism of skin neoplasms involving tattoos has not been clearly identified. Unapproved tattoo inks contain carcinogenic substances, and previous case reports indicate that skin neoplasms may differ depending on the tattoo color. Therefore, the carcinogenic effects of these unknown components of tattoo ink might cause skin neoplasms. Accurate component analysis and systematic management of tattoo ink is necessary, and medical practitioners must also pay attention to this possibility because it is easy to overlook tattoos as a causal factor contributing to cancer. Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2020-10 2020-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7644349/ /pubmed/33143401 http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2020.00346 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow
title_fullStr Staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow
title_full_unstemmed Staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow
title_short Staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow
title_sort staged excision of basal cell carcinoma arising from a tattooed eyebrow
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7644349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33143401
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2020.00346
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