Being alive after a severe inorganic mercury intoxication

Erkek N., SENEL S., SARAC A., ERTAN U., KARACAN C. D.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.169, sa.5, ss.625-628, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 169 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00431-009-1073-2
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.625-628
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mercury, Inorganic mercury, Mercury intoxication, Children, DMSA, BAL, HEMODIALYSIS, EXPOSURE, ACID
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Inorganic mercury intoxication should be considered a potentially life-threatening condition that leads to widespread progressive gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, hematologic, neuropsychiatric, and dermatologic system hazards. We report here a 10-year-old girl with severe inorganic mercury intoxication whose blood and urine mercury levels were 5,380 mu g/L (normal, 0.6 to 59 mu g/L) and 91 mu g/L (normal, 0.1 to 20 mu g/L), respectively, to reveal that life can be saved and complete recovery can be achieved even if the clinical situation is very severe. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a mercury intoxication being alive with such a high blood mercury level in children in English pediatric literature.