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Medical consequences of tattoos
https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-6-426-433
Abstract
This paper highlights aspects of the increasing prevalence of tattoos and their medical consequences. Tattoo inks, the composition of which is poorly understood, are capable of provoking development of various types of cutaneous and systemic reactions. A description and brief comments on the main types of medical eff ects of tattooing tattoos, often due to their extended colour range and other factors. A clinical case of lymphadenopathy in a patient with multiple tattoos on the body is presented.
About the Authors
P. E. Krainyukov
Central Military Clinical Hospital named P.V. Mandryka of the Ministry of Defence of the Russia; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavel E. Krainyukov — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Head of the P.V. Mandryk; Professor of the Department of Hospital Surgery with a course in Pediatric Surgery
Moscow
V. B. Simonenko
Branch Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov in Moscow of the Ministry of Defense of the Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir B. Simonenko — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Moscow
S. Kh. Sarmanaev
Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of the Federal Medical Biological Agency; Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Federal Scientifi c and Clinical Center for Specialized Types of Medical Care and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Salavat Kh. Sarmanaev — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Head of the Toxicological Center of the Federal State Budgetary Institution; Head of the Department of Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology
Moscow
N. A. Shikhta
Clinical Hospital No. 51 of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia A. Shikhta — Head of the Therapeutic Department No. 2
Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk krai
E. A. Shikhta
Clinical Hospital No. 51 of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeny A. Shikhta — Head of the Pathology Department
Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk krai
P. A. Dulin
Branch Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov in Moscow of the Ministry of Defense of the Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pyotr A. Dulin — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Moscow
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Krainyukov P.E., Simonenko V.B., Sarmanaev S.Kh., Shikhta N.A., Shikhta E.A., Dulin P.A. Medical consequences of tattoos. Clinical Medicine (Russian Journal). 2025;103(6):426-433. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-6-426-433
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