Granulomatous tattoo reactions: literature review and own cases
Recently tattoo became a part of the social culture and a way of self-expression but not only a religious attribute or an identification method for individuals. There is also the increasement of the associated complications. Among them there are ones resulting from the skin damage and others associated with the body’s response to the foreign material which is the tattoo ink. In the first case the disease is of the infectious etiology, the well-known process elsewhere. Foreign body reactions are not described properly, because the tattoo ink is of various colors, each consisting of the different substances. One of the most interesting tattoo reactions for the clinicians and the pathologists are granulomatous ones. This article represents three clinical cases of granulomatoustattoo reactions. Sarcoid granuloma in two cases and a case showing perforating granuloma annulare pattern.