Ink sick: Tattoo ink hypersensitivity vasculitis

Hessert, Mary Josephine; Devlin, John

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.08.030

Cited by 9 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…[17][18][19] The histopathology is not demonstrated in the 2 previous case reports of generalized LCV, and is not entirely convincing to us in the case of localized LCV. Kluger 20,21 has suggested both cases of generalized LCV could have been induced by infection rather than hypersensitivity.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 46%

Localized Chronic Fibrosing Vasculitis in a Tattoo

Deeken

Jefferson

Hawkinson

et al. 2014

The American Journal of Dermatopathology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Decorative tattoos are associated with a variety of adverse cutaneous reactions. We describe a unique fibrosing vasculitic reaction to red tattoo ink. The histopathology was similar to that in localized chronic fibrosing vasculitis (LCFV), but sharply limited to sites of red tattoo ink injection and associated with florid verrucoid epidermal hyperplasia. LCFV has been described in a broad variety of slowly progressive disorders with a firm consistency such as erythema elevatum diutinum, plasma cell granuloma, granuloma faciale, and IgG4-associated sclerosing diseases. It has been hypothesized that LCFV is the result of maladaptive immune reaction with failure to clear the causative antigen. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of LCFV associated with tattoo. We speculate on the implications our case holds for the pathogenesis of LCFV.

show abstract

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 46%

Localized Chronic Fibrosing Vasculitis in a Tattoo

Deeken

Jefferson

Hawkinson

et al. 2014

The American Journal of Dermatopathology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Vasculitis secondary to a tattoo is a rare phenomenon that has been described by several authors in the literature [33,34,35,36], but the inhibition of a purpuric reaction by a tattoo is a fact that, as far as the authors know, has not been described before. In our case, the purpuric reaction was most probably due to a leukocytoclastic vasculitis, although unfortunately we could not obtain a skin biopsy to confirm the anatomopathological substrate.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

The ‘Sparing Phenomenon' of Purpuric Rash over Tattooed Skin

Pinal‐Fernandez

Soláns-Laqué²

2013

Dermatology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cutaneous complications associated with decorative tattooing are well known. However, the inhibition of a purpuric reaction by a tattoo is a fact that, as far as the authors know, has not been described before, fitting the definition of a ‘sparing phenomenon', the absence of manifesting a particular skin disease in an area previously affected by another condition. From the clinical observation of purpuric lesions apparently inhibited by a tattoo in a 26-year-old patient, we performed an exact binomial test on the observed and expected proportion of purpuric lesions inside (0%, 95% confidence interval, CI, 0-2.6%) and outside (100%, 95% CI 97.4-100%) the tattooed skin, demonstrating a nonrandom distribution respecting the tattooed area (p < 0.001) and identifying the composition of the ink used in the tattoo (color pigment, glycerine, Hamamelis virginiana extract, water and alcohol). Moreover, we reviewed the cases of sparing phenomenon described in the literature. In conclusion this is the first report of a sparing phenomenon of purpuric lesions over tattooed skin.

show abstract

“…A review of the literature revealed a long list of common complications following tattooing, ranging from minor skin irritation to severe infection causing death 11–13. Rarer, mycobacterium infection7 14 and reports of tattoo ink-induced hypersensitivity vasculitis15 have been reported. To our knowledge, there have been no previously reported cases of tattoo-associated reactions causing an inflammatory myopathy.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unusual complication of a tattoo in an immunosuppressed patient

Wilson¹,

O'Boyle

Leach

2018

BMJ Case Reports

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Tattooing for decorative body art is becoming more popular and, as a result, so are tattoo-related complications. Patients are unlikely to discuss tattoos with medical professionals, even though these might be relevant. Long-term immunosuppressed patients are often young adults who may wish to consider tattooing. It is well recognised that immunosuppressed patients are at increased risk of infection including cutaneous mycobacterial infections. They therefore represent a group that is at a potentially higher risk of tattoo-related complications and warrant special consideration.We present the first documented case of inflammatory myopathy as a complication following tattooing in an immunosuppressed individual. This unusual case presented as distal thigh and medial knee pain and it was only after some time that a link to the tattoo was made. This serves as a reminder to consider tattoo-related complications in the differential diagnosis of unusual atraumatic musculoskeletal pain, especially in immunosuppressed individuals.

show abstract

Ink sick: Tattoo ink hypersensitivity vasculitis

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

Localized Chronic Fibrosing Vasculitis in a Tattoo

Localized Chronic Fibrosing Vasculitis in a Tattoo

The ‘Sparing Phenomenon' of Purpuric Rash over Tattooed Skin

Unusual complication of a tattoo in an immunosuppressed patient

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About