A Challenging Case of Acute Mercury Toxicity.

Ali Nayfeh Thamer Kassim Noor AddasiFaysal AlghoulaChristopher HolewinskiZachary Depew

Published in: Case reports in medicine (2018)

Ingested elemental mercury can be retained in the colon. Although there are no established guidelines for colonoscopic decompression, our patient showed significant improvement. We believe further studies on this subject are needed to guide management practices.

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