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Argyria secondary to ingestion of homemade silver solution.

Brandt D, Park B, Hoang M, Jacobe HT

Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Argyria is a rare skin disease caused by cutaneous deposition of silver granules in the skin as a result of exposure to silver substrate or ingestion of silver salt. This report describes a patient with generalized argyria caused by ingestion of homemade colloidal silver solution. The patient learned about the uses of the silver solution and its preparation at a convention for "natural medicine."

Published 15 July 2005 in J Am Acad Dermatol, 53(2): S105-7.
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