Acrodynia: exposure to mercury from fluorescent light bulbs.

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Acrodynia: exposure to mercury from fluorescent light bulbs.

Tunnessen WW Jr, McMahon KJ, Baser M.

Pediatrics. 1987 May;79(5):786-9.

Medical attention was sought for a 23-month-old toddler because of

anorexia, weight loss, irritability, profuse sweating, peeling and

redness of his fingers and toes, and a miliarial rash. The diagnosis was

mercury poisoning, and an investigation of his environment disclosed

that he had been exposed to mercury from broken fluorescent light bulbs.

Acrodynia resulting from fluorescent bulbs has not been previously

reported.

PMID: 3575038