Systemic diseases and infections, anecdotal complications and oddities associated with tattooing.

Systemic diseases and infections, anecdotal complications and oddities associated with tattooing. Presse Med. 2020 Oct 14;:104055 Authors: Kluger N Abstract Complications associated with tattoos are mostly of cutaneous origin. They include chiefly ink allergy, local infection, benign tumors or malignant lesions and elective localization of various dermatoses. Tattoo-related systemic diseases and infections have more rarely been described, the most common being sarcoidosis and hepatitis C. However, unusual associations have also been reported, even though they may be anecdotal or likely unrelated with the procedure. Complications associated with tattoos include chiefly ink allergy, local infection, benign tumors or malignant lesions and elective localization of various dermatoses [1,2]. More rarely have been described systemic diseases and infections in association with tattoos. Sarcoidosis and hepatitis C are the most common systemic conditions that come to mind with tattoos. However, the literature is also full of unusual associations, that disserve to be known even though they are anecdotal or their link with the procedure is sometimes debatable. PMID: 33068717 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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