Ann Dermatol.  2009 Aug;21(3):281-284. 10.5021/ad.2009.21.3.281.

Basal Cell Carcinoma Arising in a Tattooed Eyebrow

• Lee JS
• Park J
• Kim SM
• Yun SK
• Kim HU

• KMID: 2266291
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2009.21.3.281

Abstract

Malignant skin tumors, including squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma, have occurred in tattoos. Seven documented cases of basal cell carcinoma associated with tattoos have also been reported in the medical literature. We encountered a patient with basal cell carcinoma in a tattooed eyebrow. We report on this case as the eighth reported case of a patient with basal cell carcinoma arising in a tattooed area.

Keyword

Basal cell carcinoma; Eyebrow; Tattoo; Trauma

MeSH Terms

Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Eyebrows
Humans
Melanoma
Skin

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A 1.1×1.3 cm, skin-colored, sclerotic, depressed patch with a translucent papule and a peripheral erythematous rim within the black tattoo pigment on the left eyebrow.

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  Fig. 2 The histopathological features show tumor masses of various shapes and sizes and the masses consist of basaloid cells and black tattoo pigment. The tumor masses show a limited peripheral palisading arrangement of the nuclei and peritumoral lacunae (H&E, ×100).

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  Fig. 3 A picture taken immediately following reconstruction with a Burow's graft on the left eyebrow defect.

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  Fig. 4 The eyebrow, camouflaged by a black eye pencil, two years after the reconstruction.

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