Affiliation:
1. University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.
Abstract
Abstract:
Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare, chronic idiopathic granulomatous dermatitis with a somewhat controversial association with diabetes and other systemic diseases. We report a case of NL developing within a polychromic tattoo on the lower leg of a 53-year-old woman. Characteristic histopathologic findings of both active and chronic “burnt-out” NL appeared to originate from the tattoo where red ink was used 13 years prior. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 other cases of tattoo-associated NL have been reported.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Dermatology,General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine