Fluorotic radiculomyelopathy in a Libyan male

J C Maloo; K Radhakrishnan; A K Thacker; M E Mousa

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(90)90009-t

Fluorotic radiculomyelopathy in a Libyan male

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1990;92(1):63-5. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(90)90009-t.

Authors

J C Maloo¹, K Radhakrishnan, A K Thacker, M E Mousa

Affiliation

¹ Neurology Unit, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya.

PMID: 2154357
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(90)90009-t

Abstract

A middle-aged male resident of Benghazi, northeastern Libya, with radiological features of skeletal fluorosis associated with cervical radiculomyelopathy is reported. This is believed to be the first documentation of such a disorder from this non-tropical, non-endemic region.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Diseases, Metabolic / diagnostic imaging*
Fluoride Poisoning / diagnostic imaging*
Fluoride Poisoning / physiopathology
Humans
Libya
Male
Middle Aged
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Spinal Nerve Roots / diagnostic imaging*