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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov 29;3(3):e47.
doi: 10.4081/dr.2011.e47. eCollection 2011 Oct 5.

Pseudolymphoma tattoo-induced

Giorgio Pasolini  1 , Patrizia Ghidini  1 , Mariachiara Arisi  1 , Alessandra Pedretti  1 , Marco Ungari  2 , Piergiacomo Calzavara Pinton  1
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Case Reports

Pseudolymphoma tattoo-induced

Giorgio Pasolini et al. Dermatol Reports. .

Abstract

Tattooing has become more and more popular in today's society. The most common dermatological tattoo complications are represented by hypersensitivity reaction to tattoo pigments like irritant and allergical contact dermatitis, development of lichenoid areas and granulomatous responses, such as sarcoid granulomas or foreign body granulomas. Less frequently patients developing discoid lupus erythematous have been reported. Pseudolymphoma is an uncommon reactive lymphocytic proliferation mimicking the histological and clinical features of a malignant skin lymphoma. We herein report a pseuldoymphoma limited to the red area of a multicolour tattoo of the leg.

Keywords: allergic contact dermatitis.; pseudolymphoma; tattoo.

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Figure 1
Mildly itching plaque of the left leg.
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Figure 2
Scattered macrophages with small intracytoplasmic granules of brown pigment, fibrous reaction and focal erythrocyte extravasations.
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Figure 3
Immunohistochemical analysis showed a CD3+ and CD4+ lymphoid phenotype
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