Accidental Inorganic Mercury Chloride Poisoning in a 2-Year Old Child.
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2010-10
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Abstract
Inorganic mercury poisoning is uncommon, but
when it occurs it can result in severe, life threatening
features and acute renal failure. A 2-year old well thriving
child presented with alleged history of accidental ingestion
of inorganic mercury chloride. He presented with evidence
of corrosive trauma to the gastrointestinal tract mucosa, but
with normal renal function at admission, which was
managed with BAL and other supportive treatment. But
he developed non-oliguric renal failure after admission,
which also improved gradually. On follow-up, two months
later, the patient’s renal function was normal; indicating that
renal failure caused by acute inorganic mercury poisoning
produced no permanent renal damage. We have hereby
presented a case of mercury intoxication in a 2-year old
child, with an excellent clinical improvement and normalization
of laboratory results.
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Mercury chloride poisoning, Dimercaprol, Renal failure
Citation
Verma Sanjay, Kumar Sanjay, Khadwal Alka, Singhi Sunit. Accidental Inorganic Mercury Chloride Poisoning in a 2-Year Old Child. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2010 Oct; 77 (10): 1153-1155.