Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up.
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Dzau, VJ; Szabo, S; Chang, YC
Published in: JAMA
October 3, 1977
Rupture of the mercury-filled bag of an intestinal tube resulted in aspiration of metallic mercury 22 years ago in the patient reported. Immediate respiratory distress was treated with vigorous suctioning and postural drainage. Follow-up chest roentgenograms persistently showed radiopaque particles in the lungs. Signs and symptoms of chronic respiratory disease have since developed in the patient. Postmortem findings from the lungs included globules of metallic mercury surrounded by extensive fibrosis and granuloma formation, which we believe to be the result of local irritative effects of mercury.
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JAMA
ISSN
0098-7484
Publication Date
October 3, 1977
Volume
238
Issue
14
Start / End Page
1531 / 1532
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Time Factors
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Sputum
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Middle Aged
- Mercury
- Male
- Lung
- Inhalation
- Humans
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Dzau, V. J., Szabo, S., & Chang, Y. C. (1977). Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up. JAMA, 238(14), 1531–1532.
Dzau, V. J., S. Szabo, and Y. C. Chang. “Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up.” JAMA 238, no. 14 (October 3, 1977): 1531–32.
Dzau VJ, Szabo S, Chang YC. Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up. JAMA. 1977 Oct 3;238(14):1531–2.
Dzau, V. J., et al. “Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up.” JAMA, vol. 238, no. 14, Oct. 1977, pp. 1531–32.
Dzau VJ, Szabo S, Chang YC. Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up. JAMA. 1977 Oct 3;238(14):1531–1532.
Published In
JAMA
ISSN
0098-7484
Publication Date
October 3, 1977
Volume
238
Issue
14
Start / End Page
1531 / 1532
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Time Factors
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Sputum
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Middle Aged
- Mercury
- Male
- Lung
- Inhalation
- Humans