Published August 2008
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Journal article
MR imaging findings of mercury deposits in the upper arm: a case report
Creators
- 1. Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam (Korea, Republic of)
Description
The incidental injection of metallic mercury into soft tissue is a rare even in the general population. Mercury can produce local inflammation, abscesses, granuloma, and membranous fat necrosis. Herein, we report a rare case of soft tissue mercury deposits with imaging findings. including magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings, located at the mercury droplet deposits which appear as signal voids on all sequences, with surrounding intermediate to high signal intensity on the T2-weighted image
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
- Journal Volume
- 59
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- 10 refs, 1 fig
- Journal Page Range
- p. 111-114
- ISSN
- 1738-2637
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 39122263
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARMS; BODY; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; MERCURY; NMR IMAGING; SIGNALS
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTS; INTAKE; LIMBS; METALS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS