Translocation of Tattoo Particles from Skin to Lymph Nodes. (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Translocation of Tattoo Particles from Skin to Lymph Nodes.

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Translocation of tattoo particles from skin to lymph nodes. Upon injection of tattoo inks, particles can be either passively transported via blood and lymph fluids or phagocytized by immune cells and subsequently deposited in regional lymph nodes. After healing, particles are present in the dermis and in the sinusoids of the draining lymph nodes.

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Christian Seim, scientific author

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