Mercury intoxication is rare. Most often it is associated with occupational exposure
or suicide attempts. We present the case of a 72-year-old patient who received a subcutaneous
injection of metallic mercury into his penis for the purpose of penile aesthetic augmentation.
Total phallectomy and perineal urethrostomy was performed, followed by chelation therapy.
To our knowledge, this is the first report of penile subcutaneous mercury injection
for aesthetic augmentation.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 20,
2006
Received:
May 12,
2006
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© 2007 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
