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We present a patient with dermal argyria as a cutaneous manifestation of a silver-coated megaprosthesis used for a distal femoral osteosarcoma. Histological and electron microscopic analyses also showed silver deposition in the dermis.
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Karakasli, A., Hapa, O., Akdeniz, O. et al. Dermal argyria: Cutaneous manifestation of a megaprosthesis for distal femoral osteosarcoma. IJOO 48, 326–328 (2014). https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.132528
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