Sewak S, Graham P, Nankervis J
Department of Radiotherapy, St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Australas Radiol. 1999 Nov;43(4):558-61. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00733.x.
Tattooing is routinely employed prior to radiotherapy treatment but allergies to tattoos are rare. New information on the incidence of tattoo allergy at St George Hospital is presented with details of two clinical cases. The literature on tattoo allergy has been unable to estimate the incidence of allergic reaction to tattoos because the total number of patients treated is unknown and not all patients were followed up. Our radiation oncology population for the first time has provided a known denominator, but wide confidence intervals prevent an accurate estimate of the incidence. Salient issues about tattoo allergy are highlighted based on a review of the published literature from 1966 to 1998.
纹身通常在放疗前进行，但对纹身过敏的情况很少见。本文介绍了圣乔治医院纹身过敏发生率的新信息，并详细阐述了两个临床病例。关于纹身过敏的文献无法估计纹身过敏反应的发生率，因为接受治疗的患者总数未知，且并非所有患者都得到了随访。我们的放射肿瘤学患者群体首次提供了一个已知的分母，但较宽的置信区间妨碍了对发生率的准确估计。基于对1966年至1998年已发表文献的回顾，突出了纹身过敏的一些重要问题。
