Lichen planus or lichenoid tattoo reaction?
Dang, M.; Hsu, S.; Bernstein, E.
International Journal of Dermatology 37(11): 860-861
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-9059 PMID: 9865875 Document Number: 495199
A 27-year-old white man with a tattoo of 3 months' duration was referred for possible laser removal because a pruritic eruption had developed in the tattoo 1 month after placement. Physical examination revealed erythematous papules confined to the red areas of the tattoo (Fig. 1). He also had flat-topped papules on the glans penis, which the patient stated had developed a few weeks after tattoo placement. Biopsy of a penile lesion revealed a histologic pattern characteristic of lichen planus. Biopsy of the tattoo eruption revealed a lichenoid lymphocytic infiltrate with granular material were also present in the upper part of the dermis (Fig. 2). nonpalpable, and asymptomatic (Fig. 3).