Thrombocytopenia associated with elemental mercury poisoning in two siblings - Connecticut, July 2022 - Hogeland EW, Somers TS, Yip L, Doyon S, Redlich CA, Orsey AD, Woda CB, Swan ST, Feder HMJ.

Two siblings aged 5 and 15 years from Connecticut were hospitalized with petechial rash, oral mucositis, and severe thrombocytopenia approximately 10 days after they played with a jar of elemental mercury they found in their home. Before the mercury exposu...
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