Mercury self-poisoning. Case report

Acute mercury poisoning: a case report

BACKGROUND Mercury poisoning can occur as a result of occupational hazard or suicide attempt. This article presents a 36-year-old case admitted to emergency department (ED) due to exposure to metallic mercury. CASE PRESENTATION A 36-year-old woman presented to the ED with a three-day history of abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever. One week ago her daughter had brought mercury in the liquid for...

Mercury Bichloride Iatrogenic Poisoning: A Case Report

Introduction: Inorganic mercury intoxication is rare and usually the result of occupational exposure, suicide attempt or accident. This article presents the case of acute poisoning due to peritoneal lavage with mercury bichloride. Case report: A 30 year old woman was operated in order to remove a teratoma from her right ovary. On the second postoperative day she presented ileus, renal failure a...

Assessment and management of elemental mercury poisoning—a case report

We describe a patient with elemental mercury aspiration and retention in the appendix after elemental mercury ingestion. Conservative management was proved to be successful for the removal of the mercury from the appendix while we do not suggest bronchoalveolar lavage in cases of small amount elemental mercury aspiration.

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A Case of Perchloride of Mercury Poisoning

a burning sensation in the stomach, which soon became so severe that he rolled about in pain I was called in, and saw him half an hour after, when his lower jaw and lips were swollen, breathing difficult, swallowing painful and saliva running from his mouth. He was treated with albumin, &c., but in a few hours swallowing became impossible, and he was fed per rectum for three following days; he ...