Elemental mercury poisoning caused by subcutaneous and intravenous injection: An unusual self-injury

Elemental mercury poisoning most commonly occurs through vapor inhalation as mercury is well absorbed through the lungs. Administering subcutaneous and intravenous elemental mercury is very uncommon but with only a few isolated case reports in the literature. We present an unusual case of elemental...

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Main Authors: Wale Jaywant, Yadav Pankaj, Garg Shairy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2010;volume=20;issue=2;spage=147;epage=149;aulast=Wale