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. 2020 Jan;117(1):66-68.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-019-0899-x.

[Bluish-gray discoloration of skin and conjunctiva]

[Article in German]
D Claessens  1 , P Franko Zeitz  2 , H Beckers  3
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[Bluish-gray discoloration of skin and conjunctiva]

[Article in German]
D Claessens et al. Ophthalmologe. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Colloidal silver used as a suspension for (alternative) therapeutic purposes or silver exposure due to environmental or working conditions can lead to irreversible deposits of silver granules in the skin (bluish-gray hue of the skin), mucosa, cornea, retina and internal organs. Silver-induced discoloration of the conjunctiva should therefore be taken into account when a bluish-gray discoloration raises the suspicion of conjunctival melanoma.

Keywords: Argyria; Argyrosis; Colloidal silver; Conjunctival discoloration; Silver nanoparticles.

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