Dear Jonathan,
You said: <<The abstract you posted is remarkable. Could you possibly post more about that? I am very curious to know how this woman ingested so much silver as to develop argyria, and to know why such an extensive autopsy was conducted. The whole story would be tremendously useful to members on this list; if you buy the MedLine report it would be a great service. Few postings on this list have been as relevant as this one, in my opinion. >> The ful article is not available online but is available in the following libraries below. Perhaps we have a list member who is local to one of these libraries and can pursue this. Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library Print Collection Medical University of South Carolina Library Print Collection Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Demonstration Site Print Collection Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Print Collection Stanford University - Lane Medical Library Print Collection the University of Wisconsin - Madison Health Sciences Libraries Print Collection University of Alabama at Birmingham Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences Print Collection University of Arizona Health Sciences Library Print Collection University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, Canada Print Collection University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/Denison Library Print Collection University of Connecticut / Health Center / L.M. Stowe Library Print Collection University of Florida Health Sciences Center Library Print Collection University of Nebraska Medical Center Mcgoogan Library Print Collection University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library Print Collection University of Virginia Health Sciences Library Print Collection Wake Forest University School of Medicine Print Collection West Virginia University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Print Collection Brain involvement in generalized argyria Clinical Neuropathology, 3: 1, 1984 Jan-Feb, 32-6 > > Abstract > Cutaneous argyria was diagnosed in a 59-year-old woman. Manic depressive > psychosis developed at about the same or a short time thereafter. The > patient died 6 years later from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. At autopsy > silver deposits were seen in skin, mucous membranes, heart, kidney, and > liver. In the central nervous system the leptomeninges and choroid plexuses > contained silver granules. In addition, silver granules were visualized in > the walls of many intraparenchymal vessels, particularly of the basal > ganglia, hypothalamus, substantia nigra, and cerebellum. Progressive glial > changes and cellular gliosis were evident in many areas of the brain. With > the electron microscope the deposition of silver granules in basal membrane > structures of the choroid plexus and intracerebral vasculature was amply > confirmed. Furthermore, silver deposition was seen in brain parenchymal > cells inside bodies of apparently lysosomal nature. The silver content of > various brain regions was determined by absorption spectrophotometry. > > Dietl HW; Anzil AP; Mehraein P Regards, Catherine -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
