Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Cracked mercury dental amalgam as a possible cause of fever of unknown origin: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Cracked mercury dental amalgam as a possible cause of fever of unknown origin a case report Fabrizia Bamonti1 Gianpaolo Guzzi2 and Maria Elena Ferrero 3 Address Department of Medical Sciences University of Milan IRCCS Foundation Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena Hospital Via F. Sforza 35 Milan Italy 2Italian Association for Metals and Biocompatibility Research - . Milan Italy and institute of General Pathology University of Milan Via Mangiagalli 31 20133 Milan Italy Email Fabrizia Bamonti - Gianpaolo Guzzi - gianpaolo_guzzi@ Maria Elena Ferrero - Corresponding author Published 6 March 2008 Received 8 October 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 72 doi 1752-1947-2-72 Accepted 6 March 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 72 2008 Bamonti et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Sudden fever of unknown origin is quite a common emergency and may lead to hospitalization. A rise in body temperature can be caused by infectious diseases and by other types of medical condition. This case report is of a woman who had fever at night for several days and other clinical signs which were likely related to cracked dental mercury amalgam. Case presentation A healthy women developed fever many days after had cracked a mercury dental amalgam filling. Blood tests evidenced increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate anemia and elevated white cell count symptoms were headache and palpitations. Blood tests and symptoms normalized within three weeks of removal of the dental amalgam. Conclusion This case .
