Afonso Mendes, Patrícia and Pereira, Tatiana Cunha and Pina, Rui and Santos, Rui (2017) Chlorpyrifos-Induced Delayed Neurotoxicity with A Rare Presentation of Flaccid Quadriplegia: A Diagnostic Challenge. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (1). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate compound recognized as causing acute toxicity. However, organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy (OPIDP), although rare, has also been described. We describe an unusual presentation of OPIDP with flaccid quadriplegia progressing to a locked-in-like syndrome, 30 days after a 60-year-old man voluntarily ingested chlorpyrifos. In the absence of specific treatment, the patient only recovered partial motor responses and the ability to communicate. The authors present this report in order to highlight a form of OPIDP which can hinder diagnosis due to its atypia and the delay in the onset of symptoms from initial contact with the toxicant.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Organophosphate poisoning, delayed neuropathy, quadriplegia |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2018 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2018 09:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17695 |
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