Acute indium

Acute indium poisonings are rare due to the low absorption of this metal from the gastrointestinal tract and moderate absorption from inhalation. However, in animal experiments indium toxicity is often related to the chemical form and route of exposure. Insoluble indium oxides were found to be more toxic to mice than ionic indium when expressed as lethality per quantity of... 

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Nakata, T., Sakakibara, T., Noto, T Shoji, T., Tsuda, T Kubota, M Hattori, A., and Iimura, O. (1991) Myocardial distribution of indium-111 antimyosin Fab in acute inferior and right ventricular infarction comparison with Tc-99m pyrophosphate imaging and histological examination. J. Nucleic Med. 32, 865-867. 

The hemorrhagic lesions in peripheral sensory ganglia of adult animals seem to be a specific feature of acute cadmium intoxication, whereas vascular damage to the immature CNS may also be produced by several other heavy metals. Thus, acute lead intoxication in rats led to hemorrhages and edema of the brain and chlorides of indium, terbium, thallium, and mercury can induce similar lesions in newborn rats. ... 

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