Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1981 ; 9(2): 135-8.

[Lichenoid sarcoidosis on skin tattoos produced by traditional herbal treatments]

Soyinka F, Badejo O, Laja AO.

An unusual case of generalised sarcoidosis of the skin on tattoo marks done two years for "medicinal" purposes on a 56 year old woman is presented. The lesions were lichenoid and scaly in appearance with closely grouped papules. The old tattoo marks on the skin were not involved and areas of skin between the new tattoo marks were also spared. In addition, the sarcoidosis lesion were pruritic and burning. The circumstantial evidence indicated the medical agent applied on the tattoo wounds as the provocative factor for the development of sarcoidosis of the skin.