Laser induced chrysiasis. Disfiguring hyperpigmentation following Q-switched laser therapy in a woman previously treated with Gold.

Almoallim H, Klinkhoff A, Arthur AB, Rivers JK, Chalmers A.

We describe a 40-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and a history of 2 previous courses of intramuscular gold who developed disfiguring hyperpigmentation immediately after Q-switched laser therapy. This is the third case report of localized chrysiasis induced by laser therapy.

The Journal of Rheumatology 2006; 33:3, 620-621.

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