2017 - 1 Issue

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Tattoo-Associated Uveitis

Michaela Brichová ORCID
Jarmila Heissigerová ORCID – Pavel Holan – Eva Říhová – Petra Svozílková ORCID

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Published in Czech and Slovak Ophtalmology: 2017 - 1

Published on website: 30.05.2017

Keywords: uveitis, tattoo, masquerade syndrome

Summary

The clinical case of tattoo-associated uveitis was first described by Lubeck and Epstein in 1952. Uveitis is accompanied by induration and hyperemia of tattoo skin, which can precede, follow or manifest simultaneously with uveitis. The diagnosis is determined on clinical grounds after exclusion of other causes. Uveitis is usually bilateral, chronic and vision impairment is variable. Tattoo-associated uveitis should be remembered in differential diagnosis due to the growing interest in tattoo.

 

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