Sunday, August 18, 2013

An 8-year-old hyperactive boy was admitted to the hospital after having been found to have elevated blood lead levels. An abdominal radiograph revealed large numbers of small, hyperdense foci in the right lower quadrant. The entire family reported that they regularly ate geese that were killed with lead pellets from a shotgun, and the children reported that they had been eating the pellets as part of a game to make them disappear. A total of 57 lead pellets were recovered from the lumen

An 8-year-old hyperactive boy was admitted to the hospital after having been found to have elevated blood lead levels. An abdominal radiograph revealed large numbers of small, hyperdense foci in the right lower quadrant. The entire family reported that they regularly ate geese that were killed with lead pellets from a shotgun, and the children reported that they had been eating the pellets as part of a game to make them disappear. A total of 57 lead pellets were recovered from the lumen

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