Sunday, May 3, 2020

Tattoo granuloma


Age: 64 years
Gender: female
Site: forearm
Duration: two years
History: amateur tattoo was made 4 decades ago. Carbon (Soot) is the material (dye) of tattooing in this type of tattoo! Carbon is introduced into different levels (depths) within the dermisby pin pricking or needling!
Findings: asymptomatic granulomatous nodules at sites of previous tattoo (colored arrows)
Diagnosis: clinical
Treatment: intralesional triamcenolone acetonide 2.5-5 mg/ml.
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