Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (12)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Aymaz, S.
Right arrow Articles by Weber, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Aymaz, S.
Right arrow Articles by Weber, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 2253-2255
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

Membranous nephropathy from exposure to mercury in the fluorescent-tube-recycling industry

Serhat Aymaz1, Oliver Groß1, Bernd Krakamp1, Monika Ortmann2, Haw Peter Dienes2 and Manfred Weber1,

1 Medical Clinic I, Cologne City Hospital, Teaching Hospital University of Cologne and 2 Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany

Keywords: membranous nephropathy; mercury exposure



   Introduction
 
Mercury is a silvery white liquid metal that is volatile at room temperature due to its high vapour pressure. It exists in different oxidation states and can form a number of compounds. Mercury and its compounds can be absorbed into the human body by inhalation, ingestion, and through the skin. It is toxic when certain threshold values are exceeded. Acute toxicity is due to the inactivation of enzymes by the heavy metal, which leads to interstitial pneumonitis, ulcerative gastro-enteritis, or tubular necrosis, depending on the route of exposure. Long-term mercury poisoning affects mainly the central nervous system and the kidneys. In the latter case the nephrotoxicity is usually manifested as membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) with nephrotic syndrome.

Since 1920, numerous cases of nephrotic syndrome due to long-term contact with mercury and mercury compounds have been reported. Mercurial diuretics (Mersalyl®), teething powders for young children, and mercury-containing ointments for psoriasis were . . . [Full Text of this Article]



   Case 1
 


   Case 2
 


   Histological findings
 


   Follow-up
 


   Discussion
 


   Notes
 


   References
 

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Annals of Clinical & Laboratory ScienceHome page
K. L. Nuttall
Interpreting Mercury in Blood and Urine of Individual Patients
Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci., July 1, 2004; 34(3): 235 - 250.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Immunol.Home page
K. Amano, P. S. C. Leung, Q. Xu, J. Marik, C. Quan, M. J. Kurth, M. H. Nantz, A. A. Ansari, K. S. Lam, M. Zeniya, et al.
Xenobiotic-Induced Loss of Tolerance in Rabbits to the Mitochondrial Autoantigen of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Is Reversible
J. Immunol., May 15, 2004; 172(10): 6444 - 6452.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]