@article{ref1,
title="Embolism caused by metallic mercury: A case report",
journal="Radiologia brasileira",
year="2007",
author="Matushita, J.P.K. and Peixoto, R.M.A. and Leão Filho, H.M. and Missiaggia, G.C. and Dias, R.S. and Tavares, W.C. and Matushita, C.S. and Vieira, J.N.M.",
volume="40",
number="3",
pages="217-219",
abstract="A case of a male, 29-year-old patient who, in a suicide attempt, has self-administered a 2 ml injection of metallic mercury into his left arm is reported. Radiological studies have shown the presence of several metallic spheres in the subcutaneous tissue of the olecranal fossa and along the veins of the left arm, with dissemination to lungs, heart, liver, spleen and brain.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0100-3984",
doi="10.1590/s0100-39842007000300015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-39842007000300015"
}