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Appearances in Electron Microscope, and Analysis by Chemical Means, Laser Microprobe and Selected-Area Diffraction of Tattooed Material

Inga Silberberg, MD; Morris Leider, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1970;101(3):299-304.

Abstract
In the electron microscope, mercuric sulfide (cinnabar), long implanted in skin as a tattoo, and mercuric sulfide, freshly embedded in agar, were found to have similar appearances. Qualitative chemical analysis for mercury in tissue from the tattoo indicated it was present. Laser-microprobe analysis showed that material in the tattoo was identical to cinnabar embedded in agar. Selected-area diffraction studies revealed that the material in the tattoo was crystalline, and had interplanar spacings corresponding closely to those of mercuric sulfide.

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 29, 1969.

Reprint requests to Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, 562 First Ave, New York 10016 (Dr. Silberberg).

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