Table 2. Summary of Complications From the Endoscopic Tattooing Described Above.
Author | Location | Material | Complication |
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Cappell et al [25] | NA | India ink | Black macular patches on peritoneum |
Mitrani-Boyle et al [26] | Sigmoid colon | India ink | Spreading of dye to pericolic adipose tissue |
Hellmig et al [27] | Sigmoid colon | India ink | Spreading of dye to submucosa |
Del Rio et al [28] | NA | India ink | Spreading of dye to peritoneum |
Tutticci et al [29] | Rectum | Purified carbon | Peritoneal pigmentation |
Park et al [30] | Descending colon | Indiaink | Colonic abscess and focal peritonitis |
Chang et al [31] | Sigmoid colon | India ink | Colonic abscess |
Alba et al [32] | Sigmoid colon | India ink | Rectus muscle abscess |
Singh et al [33] | Recto sigmoid colon | India ink | Focal peritonitis |
Moss et al [34] | Hepatic flexure | Purified carbon | Peritonitis |
Marques et al [35] | Rectum | Purified carbon | Rectum hematoma |
Dell’Abate et al [36] | Colon | India ink | Pseudotumor |
Coman et al [37] | Colon | India ink | Pseudotumor |
Gopal et al [38] | Colon | India ink | Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease |
Bahardursingh et al [39] | Sigmoid | India ink | Simulating intestinal infarction |
Gianom et al [40] | Right colon | India ink | Retroperitoneal perforation |
Chen et al [41] | Small bowel | India ink | Mesenteric air embolism |
NA: not available.