Deliberate, repeated self-administration of metallic mercury injection: Case report and review of the literature

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1351-1354

  Givica Perez A ^a   Santana Montesdeoca, J M ^a   Diaz Sanchez M ^a   Martinez Lagares F J ^a   Castaneda, W R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CT; Intravenous self injection; Metallic mercury; Plain radiograph

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENIAL; DIAPHRAGM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEVER; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LIGAMENT; LIVER; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MICROEMBOLISM; MYALGIA; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; STOMACH FUNDUS; SYMPTOM; THERMOMETER; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034891046     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000775     Document Type: Article

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