Case Report, J Forensic Toxicol Pharmacol Vol: 5 Issue: 1
Mercury Poisoning - The Cause of Death Assessed 6 years Posthumously
| Iwona Ptaszynska-Sarosiek1, Anna Charuta2*, Miros�?�?aw Aleksander Furmanek3, Zofia Wardaszka1 and Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica1 | |
| 1Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland | |
| 2Institute of Health, Faculty of Natural Science, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland | |
| 3Medical doctor, Adent Dental Clinic, Siedlce, Poland | |
| Corresponding author : Anna Charuta Anna Charuta, PhD, Institute of Health, Faculty of Natural Science, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland Tel: +48 25 6431353 Fax: 600726266 E-mail: anna.charuta@uph.edu.pl |
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| Received: September 28, 2015 Accepted: March 07, 2016 Published: March 14, 2016 | |
| Citation: Ptaszynska-Sarosiek I, Charuta A, Furmanek MA, Wardaszka Z, Niemcunowicz-Janica A(2016) Mercury Poisoning - The Cause of Death Assessed 6 years Posthumously. J Forensic Toxicol Pharmacol 5:1. doi:10.4172/2325-9841.1000143 |
Abstract
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.
