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A case of chrysiasis
M L Miller1, R R Harford, J K Yeager
1Department of Dermatology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Cutis
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Chrysiasis and chrysoderma are terms used to describe permanent pigmentation of the skin due to the parenteral administration of gold salts. A case of chrysiasis, including a photomicrograph of the characteristic orange-red birefringence of gold in tissue when viewed under cross-polarized light, is presented. A review of the literature on the pathogenesis of the pigmentation seen in this disorder is also presented.