Ewha Med J.  1990 Sep;13(3):261-264. 10.12771/emj.1990.13.3.261.

A Case of Allergic Granuloma due to Cosmetic Tattoo

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

We present herein a case of allergic granuloma due to cosmetic tattoo in eyebrow which developed in a 45-year-old female. She was seen with itching erythematous hard papules and plaques on the tattooing site. Histopathologic findings reveled allergic granulomatous infiltration and brown pigment, and quantitative analysis by means of atomic absorption spectrophotometer were done with brown and black dye biospy specimen. 0.03 ppm chrome was found in the biospy specimen patch test was showed strong positive reaction to potassium dichromate. We have tried intralesional injection of triamcinolone for 10 months with 3 weeks interval.


MeSH Terms

Absorption
Eyebrows
Female
Granuloma*
Humans
Injections, Intralesional
Middle Aged
Patch Tests
Potassium Dichromate
Pruritus
Tattooing
Triamcinolone
Potassium Dichromate
Triamcinolone
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