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Zouhour Gassara
Zouhour Gassara

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Spinal cord compression as the presenting feature of skeletal fluorosis
Zouhour Gassara
Samar Ben djmeaa

Zouhour Gassara

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January 05, 2021
Skeletal fluorosis is a rare toxic osteopathy reported as an endemic disease and caused especially by prolonged ingestion of high fluoride concentration. Spinal cord compression primarly by the ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and ligamentum flavum, may rarely reveal the disease. Surgical decompression is the treatment of choice.

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