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Acute mercury vapour poisoning in an infant
B Bhattacharya1, S Banerjee, S Singhi
1Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Mercury vapour inhalation is a rare cause of acute toxic injury to the lungs and is often fatal in infants. A 5 month-old girl with mercury vapour poisoning who developed chemical pneumonitis with bilateral pneumothoraces is reported. She was managed successfully in an intensive care unit with respiratory support, without chelation therapy.