Citation

Agarwal A, Garg D, Goyal V, Vy V, Singh MB, Srivastava MP. Trop. Doct. 2020; 50(2): 162-164.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0049475519899580

PMID

31928153

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Male; Young Adult; Suicide, Attempted; Organophosphate Poisoning; Spinal Cord Diseases; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Chlorpyriphos; myelopathy; organophosphorus compounds; organophosphorus poisoning-induced delayed neurotoxicity (OPIND); Paraparesis, Spastic