Suicidal intoxication with mercury chloride.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Poisoning with elemental metals and metallic compounds was much more frequent in the past, and was related, among other things, to lifestyle and the lack of appropriate toxicological diagnostics. One example is mercury, which is being gradually eliminated but still has many different applications as a pure metal or in the form of various compounds. The paper presents a case of suicidal poisoning with mercury chloride (corrosive sublimate).

Methods

Forensic and toxicological tests including inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were at the Department of Forensic Medicine, PMU in Szczecin.

Results

The patient before death had a range of symptoms such as epigastric pain, vomiting of the stomach contents, central cyanosis with tachycardia, tremors,

SUBMITTER: Majdanik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10310567 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature