Citation

Botnaru V, Gavriliuc A, Mihalache V, Tuceac C. Pneumologia 2004; 53(3): 109-114.

Vernacular Title

Embolie pulmonara cu mercur elementar.

Affiliation

Catedra Medicină Internă nr. 2, Universitatea de Stat de Medicinal si Farmacie "Nicolae Testemiţanu", Chişinău, Republica Moldova.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Societatea Română de Pneumologie, Publisher Target Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16108159

Abstract

Elemental mercury embolism to the lung - a case report A case of deliberate parenteral self-injection of elemental mercury in a drug-addict 18 years old man is presented. Chest x-ray films showed mercury deposits in the lungs, as well as around the injection site. At follow-up at 2 years, he was well, with none of the renal, gastrointestinal, or neurologic effects that can result from the oxidation of mercury. The clinical and radiological course of the patient is described.

Language: ro