Being alive after a severe inorganic mercury intoxication
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.169, no.5, pp.625-628, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 169 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2010
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s00431-009-1073-2
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.625-628
- Keywords: Mercury, Inorganic mercury, Mercury intoxication, Children, DMSA, BAL, HEMODIALYSIS, EXPOSURE, ACID
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Inorganic mercury intoxication should be considered a potentially life-threatening condition that leads to widespread progressive gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, hematologic, neuropsychiatric, and dermatologic system hazards. We report here a 10-year-old girl with severe inorganic mercury intoxication whose blood and urine mercury levels were 5,380 mu g/L (normal, 0.6 to 59 mu g/L) and 91 mu g/L (normal, 0.1 to 20 mu g/L), respectively, to reveal that life can be saved and complete recovery can be achieved even if the clinical situation is very severe. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a mercury intoxication being alive with such a high blood mercury level in children in English pediatric literature.