Comments from Website author: These authors stated in 1987 that with the decline (at that time) in the incidence of argyria, it's recognition remained unimportant. I'd venture to say that that statement was premature. One such medical article I researched had the chilling title, "Return with us to the thrilling days of yesteryear: Argyria and Argyrol".
Comments from Physicians at this article's end: None

Argyria.

Am Fam Physician, 36: 6, 1987 Dec, 151-4

 

Abstract

The distinctive blue-gray discoloration that occurs in argyria is due to deposition of silver and a silver-induced increase in melanin. Argyria is pronounced in areas of sun exposure and in the lunulae of the fingernails. Skin biopsy confirms the diagnosis by demonstrating tiny brownish granules in connective tissue surrounding sebaceous glands, in perineural tissue and in arteriolar walls. Pigmentation is permanent but benign. While the incidence of argyria is declining, its recognition remains important.

 

Greene RM; Su WP

 

Language of Publication

English

Address

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Unique Identifier

88073857

MeSH Heading (Major)

Argyria [*/DI/PA/TH]

MeSH Heading

Biopsy, Human, Skin [PA], Sweat Glands [PA]

Publication Type

JOURNAL ARTICLE

ISSN

0002-838X

Country of Publication

UNITED STATES