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ArgyriaAka: Silver Poisoning
- Pathophysiology
- Excessive oral silver intake
- Results in silver salt deposition in skin
- Symptoms
- Asymptomatic
- Signs
- Permanent blue to bronze discoloration of skin, mucosa
- Darker coloration where skin exposed to light
Argyria (C0003782) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | A permanent ashen-gray discoloration of the skin, conjunctiva, and internal organs resulting from long-continued use of silver salts. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
| Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
| MSH | D001129 |
| English | Argyria, Argyrias, Argyrosis, Deposition of silver, Silver poisoning |
| Spanish | argiria, argirosis, deposito de plata, intoxicacion argirica, intoxicacion por plata |
| Parent Concepts | Poisoning (C0032343), Pigmentation Disorders (C0549567), Skin Pigmentation Disorder (C1704421), Toxic effect of heavy metal (C0274869), Deposition of foreign material (C0333588), Appearance (C0700364) |
| Sources | CST, DXP, LCH, MSH, MTH, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
