Elemental mercury-induced subcutaneous granuloma. A case report and review of the literature

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-284

  Kayias, Efstathios H ^a   Drosos, Georgios I ^a,b   Hapsas, Dimitrios ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Georgia A ^a  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MERCURIALISM; SELF INJECTION; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ELBOW; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; SKIN DISEASES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0038688967     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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