Bourgeois M, Dooms-Goossens A, Knockaert D, Sprengers D, Van Boven M, Van Tittelboom T
Dermatologica. 1986;172(1):48-51. doi: 10.1159/000249292.
Two cases of mercury poisoning with predominantly dermatological symptoms are reported. The mercury intoxication was caused by the application of an over-the-counter metallic mercury ointment. The calculations of mercury excretion suggest strongly that cutaneous absorption could have been a significant route of entry.