Autopsy study of a case of skeletal fluorosis (1977)

Fluorosis in India is due to chronic fluoride intoxication, mainly through drinking of fluoride containing water. This affects the teeth and skeleton and also produces neurological complications. Dental fluorosis is the earliest manifestation of this condition, followed in the course of time by skeletal changes. These have been extensively described by several earlier workers.[1-10] However, the neurological complications of fluorosis are, fortunately, less common and so far only 209 cases have been reported in Indian literature. Only a few detailed autopsy reports are available in Indian literature. We are presenting a detailed autopsy study of a patient who presented with crippling skeletal and neurological fluorosis.