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Electron-microscopic investigation of tattoos in rabbit skin

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Electron-microscopic evidence of morphological signs of foreign body reactions can be seen in the first 27 days after tattooing. The chemical additives of china ink are eliminated in the acute leukocyte phase and the following histiocytic-macrophagic phase. The macrophagic cells move together and gradually confluence to form giant cells within 14 days.

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Bei Tatauierungen lassen sich elektronenmikroskopisch in den ersten 27 Tagen morphologische Zeichen einer Fremdkörperreaktion nachweisen. In der akuten leukocytären Phase und der anschließenden histiocytär-makrophagischen Phase werden die chemischen Zusatzstoffe der Tusche beseitigt. Nach 14 Tagen lagern sich Makrophagen aneinander und konfluieren allmählich zu Riesenzellen.

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  1. Dept. of Dermatology (Director: Prof. H. W. Kreysel, MD), University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-5300, Bonn 1, Germany

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Mann, R., Klingmüller, G. Electron-microscopic investigation of tattoos in rabbit skin. Arch Dermatol Res 271, 367–372 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406680

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