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Self-administration of metallic mercury by intravenous injection.
sigmoid regions and occasionally in the caecum. It results from pressure necrosis of the colonic wall from impacted faeces. Constipation is the pre-eminent symptom in all cases and straining at stool the precipitating event. Drug-induced faecal impaction is becoming more prevalent and is not uncommon in opiate addicts. Both faecal impaction and perforation have been recently reported in renal t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn073