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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr;50(2):162-164.
doi: 10.1177/0049475519899580. Epub 2020 Jan 12.

Acute encephalopathy followed by delayed myelopathy: A rare presentation of organophosphate poisoning

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Acute encephalopathy followed by delayed myelopathy: A rare presentation of organophosphate poisoning

Ayush Agarwal et al. Trop Doct. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Organophosphorus compounds (OPC) are commonly used pesticides and suicidal ingestion is a common mode of poisoning. The manifestation of OPC poisoning and its severity depend upon the type, dose and potency of the OPC consumed. Neurological presentations are well defined clinical syndromes consisting of early, intermediate and delayed manifestations (rare), categorised on the basis of time elapsed since OPC exposure. We report a rare delayed manifestation of organophosphorus poisoning in the form of pure motor spastic paraparesis due to dorsal myelopathy. A possibility of delayed manifestations of toxicity should be considered in individuals presenting with features suggestive of myelopathy and a previous history of organophosphate exposure.

Keywords: Chlorpyriphos; myelopathy; organophosphorus compounds; organophosphorus poisoning-induced delayed neurotoxicity (OPIND).

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