TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Voluntary mercury poisoning: biological consequences and psychiatric significance
JO  - Praxis
A1  - Jornod, P.
A1  - Vannotti, M.
A1  - Dascal, D. R.
A1  - Auer, C.
A1  - Berode, M.
A1  - Savolainen, H.
A1  - Buclin, T.
A1  - Nicod, P.
A1  - Waeber, G.
SP  - 946
EP  - 951
VL  - 86
IS  - 22
N2  - A young patient suffering from schizophrenia had intense headaches and photophobia which were induced by intra-ocular injections of mercury. The clinical diagnosis was established once foreign bodies were visualized on regular X-rays of the patients skull. The mercury intoxication in combination with the secondary irreversible lesions to the eyes necessitated a bilateral enucleation and the use of a chelating treatment with sodium-dimercapto-1-propane sulfate (DMP). Automutilation is a very rare and dramatic complication of schizophrenia. The psychiatric handling and meaning of such dramatic automutilation is discussed in this case report together with a recent review of the toxicologic treatment of mercury intoxication in humans.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 1661-8157
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -