João Paulo Kawaoka Matushita, Roberto Márcio A. Peixoto, Hilton Muniz Leão Filho, Guilherme Carvalho Missiaggia, Ricardo Saraiva Dias, Wilson Campos Tavares Junior, Cristina Sebastião Matushita, José Nelson Mendes Vieira
Radiol Bras 2007;40(3):217-219 - CASE REPORT
A case of a male, 29-year-old patient who, in a suicide attempt, has self-administered a 2 ml injection of metallic mercury into his left arm is reported. Radiological studies have shown the presence of several metallic spheres in the subcutaneous tissue of the olecranal fossa and along the veins of the left arm, with dissemination to lungs, heart, liver, spleen and brain.
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