A tattoo granuloma with uveitis (TAGU) without sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis
Tattoo
Tattoo complications
Tattoo granuloma
Uveitis
Journal
The American journal of emergency medicine
ISSN: 1532-8171
Titre abrégé: Am J Emerg Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8309942
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2020
11 2020
Historique:
received:
23
05
2020
accepted:
29
05
2020
pubmed:
24
6
2020
medline:
30
1
2021
entrez:
24
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tattooing is associated with a handful of potential complications. Short-term complications such as pain, pruritus, erythema, or swelling at the tattoo-site commonly occur from local skin trauma. Long-term complications tend to involve infections or immune-mediated reactions such as sarcoidosis. The sudden development of a papulonodular skin eruption affecting a particular pigment in a tattoo is often the initial manifestation of undiagnosed sarcoidosis in these patients. However, in a small number of individuals, the granulomatous change in the tattoo and uveitis occur in the absence of any evidence of sarcoidosis. A case is presented of a tattoo granuloma with uveitis (TAGU) without sarcoidosis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32571629
pii: S0735-6757(20)30454-X
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.106
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Glucocorticoids
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2489.e3-2489.e5Informations de copyright
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