Metallic mercury pulmonary emboli.
We report the radiographic appearance of a patient with metallic mercury pulmonary emboli. The mercury emboli appear as metallic densities in both a branching pattern and as tiny spherules. The differential diagnosis includes aspirated mercury or barium and barium pulmonary emboli. The recognition of either intracardiac or intragastrointestinal mercury can limit this differential diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D001464:Barium; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography
D001464:Barium; D008628:Mercury