Numerous infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic complications secondary to
tattoo placement have been reported in the literature. Within inflammatory
complications sarcoidal granulomatous reactions have been described. We report
two cases, a 55-year-old woman with yellowish infiltrated plaques on bilateral
ciliary region, 16 years after the placement of a permanent tattoo in the
eyebrows, and a 20-year-old tattoo artist who developed orange papules on 3 of
his tattoos. Histopathology in both cases confirmed diagnosis of sarcoidal
granulomatous reaction due to tattoo pigment.
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