[Long-term survival after a suicidal intravenous injection of mercury].
The authors present extraordinary autopsy findings, i.e. metallic mercury deposits within the cardiac muscle of a 28-year-old deceased of a male sex. Eleven years previously, the man had injected metallic mercury to the vein in the elbow region with a suicidal intent. Eighteen months later, during diagnostic management of dyspnea, metallic deposits in various internal organs had been revealed and a case history of the patient was published. Subsequently, the patient failed to report for follow-up examinations, and finally, committed suicide by hanging.
Konopka
Tomasz
T
Katedry i Zaktadu Medycyny Sedowej Collegium Medicum UJ. konopkat@wp.pl
Nalepa
Piotr
P
Rzepecka-Woźniak
Ewa
E
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013405:Suicide; D013406:Suicide, Attempted