Allergic reaction to a green tattoo with nickel as a possible allergen

Contact Dermatitis. 2019 Jul;81(1):64-66. doi: 10.1111/cod.13226. Epub 2019 Mar 6.

Authors

Sebastiaan A S van der Bent¹, Tanja Berg², Uwe Karst², Michael Sperling^{2

3}, Thomas Rustemeyer¹

Affiliations

¹ Academic Tattoo Clinic Amsterdam, Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
³ European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA), Münster, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: allergic reaction; allergy; case report; green; hypersensitivity; nickel; pigment; tattoo.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / etiology*
Female
Humans
Ink*
Nickel / adverse effects*
Nickel / analysis
Skin / chemistry
Skin / pathology
Tattooing / adverse effects*

Substances

Nickel