Aluminium Leukoencephalopathy in an Alcoholic Patient

Authors: Bapat P, Kushwaha S, Seth V, KiranGowda R and Kulkarni A

DOI: 10.23880/vvoa-16000159

Volume 8, Issue 1

Abstract

Potentially toxic elements have a wide range of use for human mankind. But with those applications, they also have a darker side with its impact on human health. The affection of potentially toxic elements in humans causing neurological symptoms is also well known. Out of those potentially toxic elements, aluminium is known to cause dialysis encephalopathy in chronic kidney disease patients in the past. Aluminium leukoencephalopathy resulting from other causes is not commonly reported. To the best of our knowledge only seven cases have been reported in the literature till date. We present aluminium intoxication in a patient consuming country liquor causing leukoencephalopathy.

Keywords: Aluminium; Leukoencephalopathy; Alcohol; Toxicity; Leukoencephalopathy with Vanishing White Matter

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