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Argyria and convulsive seizures caused by ingestion of silver in a patient with schizophrenia
Author(s) -
OHBO YOSHIHIKO,
FUKUZAKO HIROSHI,
TAKEUCHI KOUZOU,
TAKIGAWA MORIKUNI
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb01669.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , ingestion , medicine , anesthesia , psychiatry
The case study of a schizophrenic patient with argyria which resulted from the chronic and excessive ingestion of antismoking pills contain silver, is presented. Convulsive seizures developed after the patient had been addicted to the pills for 40 years. An extremely high concentration of silver was detected in serum. This case provides support for the hypothesis that silver may cause convulsive seizures as a result of systemic poisoning.