Iwona Ptaszynska-Sarosiek Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Forensic medicine , Mercury poisoning
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
I am Iwona Ptaszynska-Sarosiek, belonging toDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, interested in the field of Mercury poisoning.
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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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