Arsenic Values in Various Skin Diseases

Fergusson, A. Girdwood

doi:10.1001/archderm.1960.03730060047008

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Skin cancer and arsenical intoxication from well water

Wagner¹,

Maliner²,

Morton³

et al. 1979

Archives of Dermatology

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A case of acute arsenical intoxication arising from ingested well water containing only 1.2 ppm of arsenic is reported. After a latent period of 14 years, multiple cutaneous basal cell carcinomas developed. The water was analyzed for a variety of other trace elements and compounds and no evidence for the existence of other carcinogens was found. This study strengthens the concept that arsenic is a carcinogen. The role of a possible selenium deficiency is also discussed.

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