Journal of Forensic Toxicology & PharmacologyISSN: 2325-9841

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Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica Author

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Subjects of specialization
Exhumation, Cause of death

Affiliation
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

Biography

I am Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica, belonging to Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, interested in the field of Cause of death.                                      

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Mercury Poisoning - The Cause of Death Assessed 6 years Posthumously

Author(s):

Iwona Ptaszynska-Sarosiek, Anna Charuta, Miroslaw Aleksander Furmanek, Zofia Wardaszka and Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica

Fatal cases of mercury poisoning are reported very rarely. They are difficult to recognize because of a small number of specific symptoms. Most cases reported in the literature relate to suicidal or accidental poisoning with mercury. Cases of deliberate homicidal administration of mercury are uncommon. We present a fatal case of a woman who was hospitalized twice because of gastrointestinal symptoms which were later overlapped with signs of the central nervous system damage. After 6 years, findings indicated chronic poisoning with mercury.

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DOI: 10.4172/2325-9841.1000143

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