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Vol. 93. Issue 4.
Pages 193-197 (April 2018)
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Vol. 93. Issue 4.
Pages 193-197 (April 2018)
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Tattoo associated retinochoroiditis
Retinocoroiditis asociada a tatuaje
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J. Orellana Riosa,c,
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Jorge.Orellana-Rios@nyumc.org

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, J.I. Verdaguer Díazb, J. Ageec, R. Theodore Smithc
a Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
b Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
c New York University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, New York, USA
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Clinical case

A young woman was referred to our offices with impairment of visual acuity after she received a third tattoo on her arm. Systemic medical and laboratory work-up were performed in order to exclude an infectious agent or inflammatory disease. A yellowish juxtafoveal lesion in left eye along with a plaque-like outer retinal disruption and focal pigmentary defects was assessed using multi-modal diagnostic imaging.

Discussion

Ophthalmologists treating uveitis should consider this uncommon association and question patients regarding tattoos and tattoo inflammation given the rise of subjects undergoing artistic tattooing.

Keywords:
Uveitis
Tattoo
Retinochoroiditis
Multifocal choroiditis
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Caso clínico

Una joven mujer fue referida por compromiso de la agudeza visual después de recibir un tercer tatuaje en su brazo. Se realizó evaluación sistémica y de laboratorio para excluir agentes infecciosos o enfermedad inflamatoria. Una lesión amarillenta yuxtafoveal junto con disrupción de la retina externa de tipo placoide y defectos pigmentarios focales fueron evaluados con imágenes multimodales.

Discusión

Los oftalmólogos que tratan uveítis deben considerar esta asociación poco común y preguntar a sus pacientes acerca de tatuajes e inflamación de estos, dado el número creciente de sujetos con tatuajes artísticos.

Palabras clave:
Uveítis
Tatuaje
Retinocoroiditis
Coroiditis multifocal

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