Accidental Subcutaneous Injection of Mercury.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Aksu, Nalan Metin; Bayar, Özgür; Ölmez, Halil; Akkaş, Meltem
- Source
- Dermatologic Surgery. Feb2021, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p283-285. 3p.
- Subject
- *SUBCUTANEOUS injections
*MERCURY
*MOHS surgery
*BOTULINUM toxin
*NOSOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1076-0512
3 Self-subcutaneous injection of elemental mercury is rare.Agranulomatousforeignbodyreactiondevelopsin the tissue after injection of mercury. Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/dermatologicsurgery by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA+lpWIIBvonhQl60Etgtdnn9T1vLQWJq3kbRMjK/ocE on 03/22/2021 Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/dermatologicsurgery by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA+lpWIIBvonhQl60Etgtdnn9T1vLQWJq3kbRMjK/ocE on 03/22/2021 Discussion This is the first report of neuromodulator use to treat glabellar rhytides on a patient who was previously immunized with a botulinum vaccine. This suggests that in patients with a history of botulinum vaccination, alternative methods to treat facial rhytides should be used. We found that neither onabotulinum toxin nor incobotulinum toxin was effective in this patient with previous botulinum vaccination. [Extracted from the article]