Abstract
A 28-year old medical doctor presented with a hand injury caused by a broken mercury thermometer .The extensor digiti minimi tendon was ruptured. Operative treatment included debridement and removal of the mercury followed by repair of the tendon. Reoperation was required to excise wound granulomatous reaction from residual droplets of mercury. There were no signs and symptoms of mercury intoxication. To prevent mercury intoxication after subcutaneous metallic mercury injection, complete surgical removal of the mercury and serial monitoring of blood and urine mercury concentrations is mandatory.
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