Tattoo is going to be a very common practice especially among young people and we are witnessing a gradual increase of numerous\npotential complications to tattoo placement which are often seen by physicians, but generally unknown to the public. The most\ncommon skin reactions to tattoo include a transient acute inflammatory reaction due to trauma of the skin with needles and\nmedical complications such as superficial and deep local infections, systemic infections, allergic contact dermatitis, photodermatitis,\ngranulomatous and lichenoid reactions, and skin diseases localized on tattooed area (eczema, psoriasis, lichen, andmorphea). Next\nto these inflammatory skin reactions we have to consider also the possibility of the development of cutaneous conditions such as\npseudolymphomatous reactions and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia. The aimof this study is to underline the importance of an\nearly diagnosis by performing a histological examination especially when we are in front of suspected papulonodular lesions arising\nfrom a tattoo, followed by a proper treatment, since cutaneous neoplastic evolution is known to be a rare but possible complication.
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