EH93.0
category
Tattoos or tattoo reactions of skin
Definition
Tattoos are the result of injection into the skin of insoluble coloured pigments as ornamentation of the body, or of inert materials such as coal dust as a result of superficial trauma or blast injury. They may provoke both allergic and foreign body reactions.
Also indexed as
Allergic tattoo reactionColliers' stripesEczematous tattoo reactionGranulomatous tattoo reactionLichenoid tattoo reactionNon-allergic tattoo reactionSarcoidal tattoo reactionSkin reactions to amateur tattooSkin reactions to decorative tattooSkin reactions to occupational tattooSkin reactions to professional tattooSkin reactions to traumatic tattooTattoo infectionTattoo reactionTattoos or tattoo reactions of skinhypersensitivity skin reaction to tattooskin reaction to tattoo NOStattoo induced infectiontattoo skin pigmentation