Encephalopathy and Neuropathy due to Glue, Paint Thinner, and Gasoline Sniffing in Trinidad and Tobago-MRI Findings
Joint Authors
Ramcharan, Kanterpersad
Ramdath, Moshanti
Gosein, Maria
Teelucksingh, Joel
Ramesar, Amrit
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 29-year-old male petrol station pump attendant was admitted with ataxia and clinical evidence of a sensorimotor polyneuropathy which developed over the preceding 3 months.
He had cognitive dysfunction, hearing loss, and cerebellar clinical abnormalities that came on slowly over the three years.
He had a fifteen-year history of sniffing mostly glue, occasionally paint thinners, and, in the recent two years, gasoline.
Magnetic resonance brain imaging showed abnormalities of the cerebral cortex, cerebral white matter, corpus callosum, hippocampus, brainstem and cerebellar atrophy, hypointensities of basal ganglia, red nuclei, and substantia nigra as previously described in toluene sniffing.
Abstinence for six months led to partial clinical improvement.
Clinicians need to be aware of this preventable entity which has peculiar radiological findings which are being increasingly accepted as typical.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ramcharan, Kanterpersad& Ramesar, Amrit& Ramdath, Moshanti& Teelucksingh, Joel& Gosein, Maria. 2014. Encephalopathy and Neuropathy due to Glue, Paint Thinner, and Gasoline Sniffing in Trinidad and Tobago-MRI Findings. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503181
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ramcharan, Kanterpersad…[et al.]. Encephalopathy and Neuropathy due to Glue, Paint Thinner, and Gasoline Sniffing in Trinidad and Tobago-MRI Findings. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503181
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ramcharan, Kanterpersad& Ramesar, Amrit& Ramdath, Moshanti& Teelucksingh, Joel& Gosein, Maria. Encephalopathy and Neuropathy due to Glue, Paint Thinner, and Gasoline Sniffing in Trinidad and Tobago-MRI Findings. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503181
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-503181