@article{ref1,
title="Subcutaneous self-injection and oral self-administration of metallic mercury--case report",
journal="Przeglad Lekarski",
year="1997",
author="Chodorowski, Z. and Sein Anand, J. and Nowicki, A. and Galant, K.",
volume="54",
number="10",
pages="759-762",
abstract="This paper presents a case of 16-year-old schoolboy who injected subcutaneously about 6 ml of metallic mercury to both forearms and administered orally about 5 ml of it. The patient was admitted to hospital two weeks after this incident without any clinical symptoms. Physical examination and all laboratory tests, including chest x-ray were unremarkable except for granulomata at the injection sites. X-ray examination showed numerous, dispersed globules of mercury in subcutaneous tissue of both forearms and in the digestive tract, mainly in the appendix. Granulomatous tissue with a part of mercury from both forearms as well as appendix were surgically removed. During a six-month period no toxic effects of mercury have been observed, in spite of the fact, that blood mercury level was 132 micrograms/L and urinary mercury level was 500 micrograms/L.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2240",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}