PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 4 October 1971, pp. 639-642
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Mercury Poisoning with Central and Peripheral Nervous System Involvement Treated with Penicillamine

Kenneth F. Swaiman M.D.1 and David G. Flagler M.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology (Pediatric Neurology), University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

A 14-year-old boy developed acrodynia during the first year of life from topical ammoniated mercury ointment and developed the Guillain-Barré syndrome from chronic mercury vapor poisoning beginning at age eleven.

Treatment of mercury poisoning with penicillamine is efficacious in promoting mercury excretion, and reducing symptoms.




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