Localized Cutaneous Argyria Mimicking Blue Nevus after Wearing Earrings

Localized cutaneous argyria is a rare condition in which the skin changes into blue-grey spots due to the absorption of silver. The lesions need to be differentiated from other pigmentary disorders and require radiographic and histological examination for more accurate diagnosis. Scanning electron m...

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Autores principales: Hong, Seung Gi, Jo, Sun Young, Heo, Eun Phil, Ro, Ki Woong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33911667
http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2019.31.6.666
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description Localized cutaneous argyria is a rare condition in which the skin changes into blue-grey spots due to the absorption of silver. The lesions need to be differentiated from other pigmentary disorders and require radiographic and histological examination for more accurate diagnosis. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy can be a confirmatory tool in the evaluation of silver elements in biopsy tissue. This report shows the localized cutaneous argyria in earlobe of a 21-year-old woman who wears silver earrings for 10 years.
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spelling pubmed-79925962021-04-27 Localized Cutaneous Argyria Mimicking Blue Nevus after Wearing Earrings Hong, Seung Gi Jo, Sun Young Heo, Eun Phil Ro, Ki Woong Ann Dermatol Case Report Localized cutaneous argyria is a rare condition in which the skin changes into blue-grey spots due to the absorption of silver. The lesions need to be differentiated from other pigmentary disorders and require radiographic and histological examination for more accurate diagnosis. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy can be a confirmatory tool in the evaluation of silver elements in biopsy tissue. This report shows the localized cutaneous argyria in earlobe of a 21-year-old woman who wears silver earrings for 10 years. The Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2019-12 2019-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7992596/ /pubmed/33911667 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2019.31.6.666 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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