TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Another umbrella murder? A rare case of Minamata disease
JO  - Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
A1  - Albers, Anne
A1  - Gies, Ursula
A1  - Raatschen, Hans-Jurgen
A1  - Klintschar, Michael
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - We report a rare case of fatal intoxication in a 40-year-old man caused by injection of a fluid containing organic mercury, allegedly in an attack with a syringe fixed to the tip of an umbrella. The man suffered from severe neurological symptoms and progressive multiorgan failure and died 10 months later in refractory status epilepticus. Autopsy revealed severe brain atrophy and non-specific kidney damage. Neuropathological examination showed neuronal loss especially in the occipital lobe, distinct granule cell necrosis in the cerebellum and Wallerian degeneration in the brainstem. Postmortem toxicological analysis revealed extremely increased levels of mercury in liver and kidney tissue as well as methylmercury levels in peripheral blood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1547-769X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00247-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -