Isolated cerebellar atrophy due to rodenticide (β-fluoroethyl acetate) intoxication

J Neurol Sci. 2017 Feb 15:373:208-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.12.068. Epub 2016 Dec 29.

Authors

Jae Hyun Jin¹, Eek-Sung Lee², Jeong-Yoon Choi², Ji-Soo Kim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jisookim@snu.ac.kr.

PMID: 28131188
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.12.068

No abstract available

Keywords: Ataxia; Cerebellar atrophy; Intoxication; Rodenticide.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acetates / toxicity*
Atrophy / chemically induced
Atrophy / diagnostic imaging
Cerebellar Ataxia / chemically induced*
Cerebellar Ataxia / diagnostic imaging
Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neurodegenerative Diseases / chemically induced*
Neurodegenerative Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Rodenticides / toxicity*
Suicide, Attempted

Substances

Acetates
Rodenticides
beta-fluoroethylacetate