Thallium intoxication with metallic skin discoloration
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Thallium intoxication with metallic skin discoloration.
A 40-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with painful paresthesias after drinking brandy and red wine containing thallium. A severe acute axonal sensorimotor neuropathy was diagnosed. She rapidly deteriorated and became comatose within less than a week.1 Metallic skin discoloration and darkening of the cheek and chin areas was observed (figure). Two weeks after thallium ingestion patchy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000266596.53985.8e