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Maya Vedamurthy, MD

Diagnosis

cosmetic

Body Site

forearm

Age

20 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

discrete confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This healthy 20-year-old woman developed an itchy red eruption from application of Henna tattoos. This reaction probably occurs in most patients from pigment enhancement with paraphenylene diamine rather than the pimary Henna pigment.

Description

allergic reaction to decorative tattoos

Categories

hypopigmentation, depigmentation

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5/20/2006 13:46:47

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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