Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report
Background: One of the cutaneous reactions associated with tattoos is sarcoidosis and the most frequent presentation is systemic involvement; within this, the manifestation of uveitis and sarcoidal reactions associated with tattoos is little described. Clinical case: A 27-year-old man with...
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doaj-678fbbb7d0834574bd15d7cb4d8863c32020-11-25T03:08:00ZspaUniversidad de AntioquiaIatreia0121-07932011-79652020-10-0133437037610.17533/udea.iatreia.72Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case reportChavarriaga-Restrepo, Andrés0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7354-6763López-Maya, Juan Esteban 1Mesa-Navas, Miguel Antonio2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-6791Velásquez-Franco, Carlos Jaime3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-0496Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia.Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe. Medellín, Colombia.Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia.Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia.Background: One of the cutaneous reactions associated with tattoos is sarcoidosis and the most frequent presentation is systemic involvement; within this, the manifestation of uveitis and sarcoidal reactions associated with tattoos is little described. Clinical case: A 27-year-old man with a clinical picture of six months of evolution consisting of general malaise, subjective fever, chills, myalgias, arthralgias, cough with hemoptysis, edema in lower limbs, and in whom red eye, diminution of visual acuity, and papules that infiltrated one of the tattoos that were placed, six months earlier, on the right arm and left forearm, were found. Conclusion: Sarcoidosis associated with tattooing is a disease that requires a high index of suspicion, where its infiltration should make the clinician suspect the disease and make an active search for systemic involvement, especially in a patient with a uveal compromise that can lead to blindness. It must keep in mind that, although rare, this triple association is possible (tattoo, systemic sarcoidosis, and panuveitis).https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/336438/20803445sarcoidosistattooinguveitis |
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Chavarriaga-Restrepo, Andrés López-Maya, Juan Esteban Mesa-Navas, Miguel Antonio Velásquez-Franco, Carlos Jaime Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report Iatreia sarcoidosis tattooing uveitis |
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Chavarriaga-Restrepo, Andrés López-Maya, Juan Esteban Mesa-Navas, Miguel Antonio Velásquez-Franco, Carlos Jaime |
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Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report |
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Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report |
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Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report |
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Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report |
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Sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: Case report |
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sarcoidosis associated with panuveitis in the area of a tattoo: case report |
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Background: One of the cutaneous reactions associated with tattoos is sarcoidosis and the most frequent presentation is systemic involvement; within this, the manifestation of uveitis and sarcoidal reactions associated with tattoos is little described.
Clinical case: A 27-year-old man with a clinical picture of six months of evolution consisting of general malaise, subjective fever, chills, myalgias, arthralgias, cough with hemoptysis, edema in lower limbs, and in whom red eye, diminution of visual acuity, and papules that infiltrated one of the tattoos that were placed, six months earlier, on the right arm and left forearm, were found.
Conclusion: Sarcoidosis associated with tattooing is a disease that requires a high index of suspicion, where its infiltration should make the clinician suspect the disease and make an active search for systemic involvement, especially in a patient with a uveal compromise that can lead to blindness. It must keep in mind that, although rare, this triple association is possible (tattoo, systemic sarcoidosis, and panuveitis). |
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sarcoidosis tattooing uveitis |
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