Movement Disorders and Dementia in a Woman With Chronic Aluminium Toxicity: Video-MRI Imaging.
Antonio Jose ReyesKanterpersad RamcharanStanley Lawrence GiddingsAmrit RamesarEdmundo Rivero AriasFidel RampersadPublished in: Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) (2021)
Aluminium encephalopathy (AE) is a neurological syndrome caused by aluminium neurotoxicity. Manifestations include cognitive impairment, motor dysfunction, microcytic anemia and bone disease. This case illustrates AE with hyperaluminemia associated with chronic exposure to industrial paints and clinical and biochemical reversibility after chelation therapy with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Movement disorders are highlighted.