Intravenous injection of elemental mercury: A report of two cases

Two cases of intravenous injection of elemental mercury are described in this report. One patient succumbed and the other remains asymptomatic two years after the surgical removal of all the injected mercury. Management of intravenous injection of elemental mercury (intended to be an aphrodisiac in...

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Autores principales: Gopalakrishna, A., Pavan Kumar, T.V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publication 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753268
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.44942
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description Two cases of intravenous injection of elemental mercury are described in this report. One patient succumbed and the other remains asymptomatic two years after the surgical removal of all the injected mercury. Management of intravenous injection of elemental mercury (intended to be an aphrodisiac in these two cases) is discussed here and the need for surgical removal of all accessible mercury has been emphasized.
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spelling pubmed-27405322009-09-14 Intravenous injection of elemental mercury: A report of two cases Gopalakrishna, A. Pavan Kumar, T.V. Indian J Plast Surg Case Report Two cases of intravenous injection of elemental mercury are described in this report. One patient succumbed and the other remains asymptomatic two years after the surgical removal of all the injected mercury. Management of intravenous injection of elemental mercury (intended to be an aphrodisiac in these two cases) is discussed here and the need for surgical removal of all accessible mercury has been emphasized. Medknow Publication 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2740532/ /pubmed/19753268 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.44942 Text en © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Intravenous injection of elemental mercury: A report of two cases
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title_short Intravenous injection of elemental mercury: A report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740532/
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