title: [Suicide by intravenous injection of sublimate solution].
abstract: A 19-year-old drug-dependent man tried to commit suicide by intravenous self-injection of 5 ml concentrated mercury II chloride solution. He arrived at an intensive-care unit 2 h later with predominantly gastrointestinal symptoms and died 70 h later, despite hemodialysis and antidote therapy. The pathologic-anatomical picture was dominated by severe acute sublimate nephrosis and a coagulation disorder. The highest Hg content was found in the kidneys (5.69 mg%); in the gastrointestinal tract the Hg concentration lay between 1.12 and 3.26 mg%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008627:Mercuric Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000473:pathology; D012646:Self Administration; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D008627:Mercuric Chloride
vernacular_title: Suizid durch intravenöse Injektion von Sublimatlösung.