Subcutaneous injection of elemental mercury with distant skin lesions.
J Toxicol Clin Toxicol
; 38(4): 441-3, 2000.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10930062
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Mercury poisoning presents a variety of clinical pictures depending on chemical structure, amount absorbed, total mercury burden, and individual factors. Distant skin lesions, after subcutaneous injection of metallic mercury, have not been previously described. CASE REPORT We present a homicidal, subcutaneous injection of mercury resulting in widespread skin lesions, remote from the radiologically visible mercury. The lesions appeared at 40 days and began to clear at 6 months after the injection.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Skin Diseases
/
Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Toxicol Clin Toxicol
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brasil