Garth R Fraga1, Trisha A Prossick. 1. Kansas University Medial Center, Department of Pathology, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. garth.fraga@mawdpathology.com
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Keratoacanthoma is interpreted by many dermatopathologists in the United States as a form of squamous cell carcinoma that can spontaneously involute. Rare examples arising in tattoos have been reported in the literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all cases from our institution received between 2000 and 2008 for any that reported a tumor within a tattoo. RESULTS: We identified eight patients with keratoacanthomas that arose within tattoos. One of the patients had four separate keratoacanthomas arising within two separate tattoos. Red tattoo ink was associated with 82% of the keratoacanthomas. CONCLUSIONS: Keratoacanthomas are more common than previously reported in tattoos and are easily misinterpreted. The association with red tattoo ink suggests a form of hypersensitivity-associated with adnexal hyperplasia. Tattoo-associated squamous tumors with innocuous nuclei, infundibulocystic structures, adnexal hyperplasia, and signs of regression should be reported as keratoacanthomas rather than as variants of squamous cell carcinoma.
BACKGROUND:Keratoacanthoma is interpreted by many dermatopathologists in the United States as a form of squamous cell carcinoma that can spontaneously involute. Rare examples arising in tattoos have been reported in the literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all cases from our institution received between 2000 and 2008 for any that reported a tumor within a tattoo. RESULTS: We identified eight patients with keratoacanthomas that arose within tattoos. One of the patients had four separate keratoacanthomas arising within two separate tattoos. Red tattoo ink was associated with 82% of the keratoacanthomas. CONCLUSIONS:Keratoacanthomas are more common than previously reported in tattoos and are easily misinterpreted. The association with red tattoo ink suggests a form of hypersensitivity-associated with adnexal hyperplasia. Tattoo-associated squamous tumors with innocuous nuclei, infundibulocystic structures, adnexal hyperplasia, and signs of regression should be reported as keratoacanthomas rather than as variants of squamous cell carcinoma.
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