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Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Self-administration of Mercury

Department of Medicine, Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry CV1 4FH, UK

N.D. Hopkinson

Department of Medicine, Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry CV1 4FH, UK

R.I. Harris

Department of Haematology, Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry CV1 4FH, UK

We report the case of a young female patient presenting with a clinical picture of pulmonary embolism, in whom widespread deposits of metallic mercury were demonstrated throughout both lungs and in a lesion on the wrist. These resulted from intravenous injection of mercury by the patient in a suicide attempt.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 5, No. 4, 287-289 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718600500415


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