Citation

Mahajan VK, Sharma NL. Australas. J. Dermatol. 2011; 52(4): e5-7.

Affiliation

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Australasian College Of Dermatologists, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00679.x

PMID

22070717

Abstract

Mercury poisoning was once common in the 19th century. With its declining use, now clinicians and the public in general are often unaware and unsuspecting of mercury toxicity. A 40-year-old woman and her two children were hospitalized with a 1-week history of a generalized lichenoid eruption. Clinical improvement occurred without a diagnosis; however, on returning home, features of acrodynia with digital gangrene developed in the woman, leading to suspicion of heavy metal poisoning. There was no recurrence after moving from their contaminated house.

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