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01-01-2018 | Clinical Practice: Clinical Images
Tattoo Sarcoidosis
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2018
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A 33-year-old previously healthy man presented with an asymptomatic rash on his tattoo. Physical examination revealed brown and black papules confined to the ink of his tattoos (Fig. 1a, b). Chest x-ray showed hilar lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of a papule on his tattoo demonstrated non-caseating granulomas consistent with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
Figure 1
a, b Brown and black papules isolated to the ink of the patient’s tattoos.
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