JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Acute Organo-Phosphorus Compound (OPC) poisoning is one of the most common emergencies encountered in developing countries like India. The occurrence of such poisoning is more in rural India where organo-phosphorus pesticides are used extensively. Poisoning with organo-phosphorus compounds are known to produce early cholinergic symptoms, features of intermediate syndrome and a rare delayed polyneuropathy. But the occurrence of early onset mononeuropathy following OPC ingestion is extremely rare and hence we report such a case of mononeuropathy following parathion ingestion.

Key-words: Foot Drop, Organo-Phosphorus, Parathion