title: [Elemental mercury embolism in the lung].
abstract: Elemental mercury embolism to the lung - a case report A case of deliberate parenteral self-injection of elemental mercury in a drug-addict 18 years old man is presented. Chest x-ray films showed mercury deposits in the lungs, as well as around the injection site. At follow-up at 2 years, he was well, with none of the renal, gastrointestinal, or neurologic effects that can result from the oxidation of mercury. The clinical and radiological course of the patient is described.
authors.affiliation: Catedra Medicină Internă nr. 2, Universitatea de Stat de Medicinal si Farmacie "Nicolae Testemiţanu", Chişinău, Republica Moldova.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Botnaru
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gavriliuc
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mihalache
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tuceac
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014494:Unithiol / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D014494:Unithiol