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Mercury pigmentation from industrial exposure
Author(s) -
KENNEDY CAMERON,
MOLLAND ELIZABETH A.,
HENDERSON W.J.,
WHITELEY A.M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb07130.x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , electron microscope , dermis , selenium , chemistry , materials science , biophysics , environmental chemistry , pathology , biology , medicine , metallurgy , optics , physics , computer science , programming language
SUMMARY A study has been made of facial pigmentation resulting from industrial inorganic mercury exposure. Electron microscopy has shown electron‐dense 400–900 nm aggregates of 12 nm particles in dermal macrophages and free in the dermis. Use of the analytical electron microscope has enabled direct confirmation of the presence of mercury in these aggregates. The unexpected finding of coexistent selenium is discussed.