LetterLocalized cutaneous argyria
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Localized cutaneous argyria: Review of a rare clinical mimicker of melanocytic lesions
2021, Annals of Diagnostic PathologyCitation Excerpt :The clinical differential diagnosis of blue-gray skin is outlined in Table 1 and includes melanocytic lesions, deposition disorders, vascular lesions, exogenous material, medications, and inflammatory conditions [3,4,9,10,12,13,15,18,20,21]. There have been several reports in the literature in which localized cutaneous argyria has been clinically mistaken for melanocytic lesions, including blue nevi and metastatic melanoma [11,15,22,23] and we have seen such examples in our clinical practice as well (Fig. 1). Histologically, as shown in Fig. 2a to c, argyria is characterized by multiple small, uniform, brown-black granules, which are non-polarizable and distributed along the basement membranes of sweat glands, connective tissue sheaths of pilosebaceous units, arrector pili muscles, vessel walls, perineural tissue, and elastic fibers [4,9,10,12,13,17].
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2018, Regulatory Toxicology and PharmacologyCitation Excerpt :Regarding metallic silver, one silversmith had argyria in the fingers (Kamiya et al., 2011) and another in the fingers and arm (García-Martínez et al., 2016). Localized argyria was observed in jewelry manufacturers, in skin (Robinson-Bostom et al., 2002) and eyes (Tendler et al., 2017) following the occupational handling of silver (Nagano et al., 2016) and after exposure to mirror fragments (Hristov et al., 2011). A 40-year-old woman developed argyria following the accidental imbedding of an acupuncture needle 7 years earlier (Park et al., 2018).
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