title: Surgical Removal of lipoma from an area with tattooed skin.
abstract: The presence of tattoos on the skin of people of all ages is on the rise. On occasion, the tattoo is in close proximity to an area which has to undergo a surgical operation, therefore why not using the tattoo itself to cover the cicatrix?The case we treated was that of a 39 year old female who, for a couple of years, had a large lipoma on her right shoulder which she never treated because it was beneath a large tattoo. During the surgical treatment of the lipoma, we followed the exact lines of the tattoo itself thus obtaining precise access for lipoma removal which minimized visible post operative cicatrix while maintaining the original tattoo design.No similar case was found in literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Sciences and Surgery, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. f.inchingolo@tin.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inchingolo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatullo
authors.forename: Fabio M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Abenavoli
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marrelli
authors.forename: Alessio D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Inchingolo
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corelli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Servili
authors.forename: Angelo M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Inchingolo
authors.forename: Gianna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dipalma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013653:Tattooing