ABSTRACT
A tatuagem é uma prática antiga e muito popular atualmente. Os pigmentos utilizados mudaram com o tempo, mas continuam apresentando composições variadas e pouco regulamentadas. Há inúmeros casos descritos de efeitos adversos pós-tatuagem, em sua maioria infecciosos, e reações de hipersensibilidade. Relatamos o caso de uma mulher de 64 anos, hígida, com pápulas nas sobrancelhas um mês após realizar micropigmentação. A biópsia excisional fez o diagnóstico de molusco contagioso, e o tratamento foi realizado com curetagem das lesões. Na literatura, existem poucos relatos de disseminação de molusco contagioso causada por tatuagem.
Tattooing is an ancient practice and very popular nowadays. The pigments used have changed over time but still present varied and poorly regulated compositions. There are many described cases of adverse effects after tattooing, mainly infectious and hypersensitivity reactions. We report the case of a 64-yearold woman, healthy, with papules on her eyebrows one month after performing micropigmentation. The excisional biopsy diagnosed molluscum contagiosum, and the lesions were curetted. There are few reports in the literature of the spread of molluscum contagiosum caused by tattooing
ABSTRACT
Molusco contagioso é uma dermatovirose causada por poxvírus e caracterizada por erupção benigna e autolimitada de uma ou múltiplas pápulas esféricas e brilhantes. A transmissão habitualmente ocorre por contato direto com indivíduos infectados. Relata-se caso de doente masculino, 22 anos, com história de surgimento de numerosas pápulas umbilicadas localizadas estritamente sobre a região de uma tatuagem. Exame histopatológico de uma das pápulas confirmou a hipótese clínica de molusco contagioso. Os autores descrevem uma manifestação pouco frequente da disseminação desse vírus em tatuagens e apresentam uma revisão da literatura, enfatizando as vias de transmissão e a terapêutica do molusco contagioso.
Molluscum contagiosum is a disease caused by a poxvirus characterized by benign self-limited eruption of single or multiple cutaneous spherical and pearly papules. Transmission usually occurs by direct contact with infected hosts. It is reported the case of a 22-year-old Caucasian male who presented characteristic pearly and umbilicated papules strictly located on the region of a tattoo. Histopathologic exam confirmed the diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum. The authors describe an uncommomn manifestation of dissemination of this virus in tattoos and also present a literature review emphasizing the transmission pathways and treatment of Molluscum contagiosum.
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Humans , Male , Young Adult , Molluscum Contagiosum/diagnosis , Tattooing/adverse effects , Curettage , Molluscum Contagiosum/surgeryABSTRACT
Vaccinia virus is responsible for a zoonosis that usually affects cattle and human beings in Brazil. The initial clinical signs of the infection are focal red skin areas, fever, and general symptoms similar to those of a cold. Then, pustules and ulcerated lesions surrounded by edema and erythema follow, as well as local lymphadenopathy that can last for weeks. Cure and healing of the lesions occur over several weeks, leaving a typical scar in the skin of people and animals affected. The infection definitive diagnosis is made through morphological characterization of the virus by use of electron microscopy, followed by PCR for specific viral genes. Since 1963, circulating orthopoxviruses in infectious outbreaks in several regions of Brazil have been reported. Later, the etiological agent of those infections was characterized as samples of Vaccinia virus. In addition, the widespread use of those viruses in research laboratories and mass vaccination of militaries have contributed to increase the cases of those infections worldwide. Thus, several epidemiological and clinical studies are required, as well as studies of viral immunology, public health, and economic impact, because little is known about those Vaccinia virus outbreaks in Brazil.