Fluorosis causing paraplegia mutilating life

3^rd Euro-Global Experts Meeting on Medical Case Reports

June 30-July 02, 2016 Valencia, Spain

Saba Hashim, Tasnim Ahsan, Rakhshanda Jabeen, Zeenat Bano and Subheen Ghafoor

Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Pakistan

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Clin Case Rep

Abstract :

Fluorosis is thought to be rare in Pakistan but endemic in various parts of the world, especially in India and China. In Pakistan only a few cases have been reported from Thar, Sibbi and Manga Mandi with probability of fluorosis on MRI findings supported by high drinking water fluoride content. Neurological manifestations of skeletal fluorosis may vary from radiculo-myelopathy to neuropathy. A case of 26 years old female from Thul, Sindh, who presented with paraplegia is reported here. Her MRI showed extensive classical degenerative changes throughout the spine, consistent with fluorosis, leading to cord compression at multiple levels. No such case with confirmed fluorosis has been previously reported from Pakistan.

Biography :

Saba Hashim has completed her MBBS from Dow Medical College Karachi and Postgraduate FCPS Training in Internal Medicine from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. She is also pursuing MRCP from Royal College of Physicians of London.

Email: dr.sabah.hashim@gmail.com