Delayed onset of warts over tattoo mark provoked by sunburn.
Multiple warts in a 32-year-old-man are reported that developed after tattooing and remaining exclusively confined to that area. The tattooing was done 2.5 years earlier by a professional tattoo artist. It was previously a lesion-free tattoo, but when damaged by sunburn developed multiple skin warts. The ability of a latent virus to induce warts after cutaneous ultraviolet exposure was discussed.
Brajac
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Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia. ines.brajac@medri.hr
Loncarek
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K
Stojnić-Sosa
L
L
Gruber
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F
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013471:Sunburn / Q000150:complications*; D013653:Tattooing; D013997:Time Factors; D014860:Warts / Q000209:etiology*