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Combined ingestion and subcutaneous injection of elemental mercury
- Source :
- The Journal of emergency medicine. 20(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- A 40-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia and inflammatory soft tissue lesions after self-injection of elemental mercury presented to the Emergency Department. Multiple skin abscesses associated with fever required operative debridement. An incidental finding of oral mercury ingestion was followed clinically and did not result in complications. Exposure to elemental mercury through injection or ingestion is an uncommon event, but one the Emergency Physician may encounter. Subcutaneous mercury injection should be managed with local wound debridement, whereas ingestions are rarely of clinical significance.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Soft Tissue Injuries
Injections, Subcutaneous
chemistry.chemical_element
Administration, Oral
Suicide, Attempted
Subcutaneous injection
medicine
Ingestion
Humans
Abscess
business.industry
Emergency department
medicine.disease
Surgery
Mercury (element)
Radiography
Skin Abscess
chemistry
Debridement
Anesthesia
Soft tissue injury
Mercury Poisoning
Emergency Medicine
Schizophrenia
Emergencies
business
Complication
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07364679
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of emergency medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....327caedb9dfed82a1f6dde2c53b031cb