Pedram Nourmohammadpour, Amir Houshang Ehsani, Kambiz Kamyab, Bita Saghi, Hassan Seirafi, Ali Sadeghinia, Fatemeh Gholamali,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (Volume 5, Number 2 2014)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Due to new popularity of cosmetic tattoos especially among women and its potential relationship with sarcoidosis, the present study was conducted to evaluate clinical presentation and some demographic data about tattoo granuloma, as part of non-infectious dermatologic granulomas.
Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, all patients with the histopathological diagnosis of non-infectious granulomatous lesions whom were admitted between at the dermatology clinics at Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran between March 21, 2007 and March 20, 2012 were included.
Results: A total of 1099 patients were included in the study. The commonest form of granuloma was foreign body granuloma in 511 (46.4%) of the patients and was followed by tattoo granuloma in 102 (9.2%) of the patients. All patients with tattoo granuloma were females whose ages were from 40 to 60 years. The mean±standard deviation age of the patients was 43±8.57 years. Twenty-six (25%) of patients with tattoo granuloma showed sarcoidal pattern, and one case (1%) showed caseouse pattern, after histopathological evaluation of biopsy specimens. Majority of the lesions were papular (32.3%) followed by nodular (24.5%) lesions.
Conclusion: Tattoo granuloma is the second common form of non-infectious granulomas, and in one-quarter of cases has sarcoidal pattern. Considering this finding, it seems reasonable to evaluate these patients for sarcoidosis.
Zahra Hallaji, Alireza Khatami, Reza Robati, Hassan Seirafi, Alireza Firooz, Vahideh Lajevardi, Zoherh Mozafari, Parvin Mansouri, Pedram Mehryan, Mansour Nassiri-Kashani,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (Volume 6, Number 1 2015)
Abstract
Urticaria is a common and challenging skin disorder. Its diagnosis and treatment is not limited to the field of dermatology. General physicians, and allergologists and clinical immunologists are also commonly involved in the management of urticaria patients.
One of the missions of the Iranian Society of Dermatology is to develop strategies to provide the best possible management for patients suffering dermatological conditions. To accomplish this mission, the Society assigned a committee to search and critically appraise the recent research evidence and available guidelines to develop a clinical practice guideline concerning diagnosis and treatment of urticaria.
