Acute mercury vapor poisoning. Fatality in an infant.
A 7-month-old girl succumbed to respiratory failure following exposure to high-density mercury vapor produced by heating of the metal in the home. Her course typified inhalation mercury toxic reaction, which in its focus on pulmonary damage creates a clinical picture distinct from that of chronic and oral mercury poisoning.
D000061:Accidents, Home; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014835:Volatilization