title: Necrobiotic granulomatous tattoo reaction: report of an unusual case showing features of both necrobiosis lipoidica and granuloma annulare patterns.
abstract: The application of decorative tattoos to the skin is an ancient practice, which continues to be popular in the present day. Increasingly, a number of complications of tattoo application are recognized, including a diverse variety of cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions to tattoo pigments. Herein we describe an unusual case of a necrobiotic granulomatous tattoo reaction showing combined features of necrobiosis lipoidica and early granuloma annulare. The relevant literature is reviewed, and the practical significance of such unusual histological features as a part of the tattoo reaction is discussed.
authors: *Department of Pathology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; †Department of Plastic Surgery, St Johns Hospital, Livingston, United Kingdom; and ‡Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Wood
authors: Stuart A
authors: SA
authors: Hamilton
authors: William A
authors: WA
authors: Wallace
authors: Asok
authors: A
authors: Biswas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016460:Granuloma Annulare / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007281:Ink; D009335:Necrobiosis Lipoidica / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013653:Tattooing / Q000009:adverse effects*