THANKS for the reply. I hope someone with Interlibrary access in the USA can get this easily. My guess is that this is a very, very peculiar case, but I would like very much to know the details. Any academics who can do this stateside?
C Creel wrote: > > 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>
