TY - JOUR T1 - Mercury intoxication presenting with hypertension and tachycardia JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 556 LP - 557 DO - 10.1136/adc.80.6.556 VL - 80 IS - 6 AU - Willi Wöβmann AU - Martina Kohl AU - Gunnar Grüning AU - Peter Bucsky Y1 - 1999/06/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/80/6/556.abstract N2 - An 11 year old girl presented with hypertension and tachycardia. Excess urinary catecholamine excretion suggested phaeochromocytoma but imaging studies failed to demonstrate a tumour. Other symptoms included insomnia and weight loss, and she was found to have a raised concentration of mercury in blood and urine. Mercury intoxication should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hypertension with tachycardia even in patients presenting without the skin lesions typical of mercury intoxication and without a history of exposure. ER -