Unusual Manifestation of Mercuric Chloride Poisoning as Intratubular Nephrocalcinosis - A Rare Case Report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Unusual Manifestation of Mercuric Chloride Poisoning as Intratubular Nephrocalcinosis - A Rare Case Report

Published:2023 Issue:4 Volume:33 Page:307-309
ISSN:0971-4065
Container-title:Indian Journal of Nephrology
language:en
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Author:

Erukkambattu Jayashankar¹,Sharma Tanya¹,Atlani Mahendra²,Kapoor Neelkamal¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

2. Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

Mercuric chloride salts are highly toxic compounds that have been linked to suicidal or accidental poisoning. Because of their high solubility, mercuric chloride salts can cause acute tubular injury, corrosive effects in the gastrointestinal system, hematemesis and hematochezia, circulatory collapse, and death. Here, we report an unusual case of mercuric chloride poisoning in a 17-year-old girl who manifested with acute tubular necrosis in association with intratubular nephrocalcinosis and emphasize the role of hemodialysis in the patient’s successful recovery.

Publisher

Medknow

Subject

Nephrology

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