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Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy.

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Burns, TM; Shneker, BF; Juel, VC
Published in: Pediatr Neurol
November 2001

The polyneuropathy caused by chronic gasoline inhalation is reported to be a gradually progressive, symmetric, sensorimotor polyneuropathy. We report unleaded gasoline sniffing by a female 14 years of age that precipitated peripheral neuropathy. In contrast with the previously reported presentation of peripheral neuropathy in gasoline inhalation, our patient developed multiple mononeuropathies superimposed on a background of sensorimotor polyneuropathy. The patient illustrates that gasoline sniffing neuropathy may present with acute multiple mononeuropathies resembling mononeuritis multiplex, possibly related to increased peripheral nerve susceptibility to pressure in the setting of neurotoxic components of gasoline. The presence of tetraethyl lead, which is no longer present in modern gasoline mixtures, is apparently not a necessary factor in the development of gasoline sniffer's neuropathy.

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Pediatr Neurol

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0887-8994

Publication Date

November 2001

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

419 / 421

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Reaction Time
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Neuritis
  • Neural Conduction
  • Mononeuropathies
  • Humans
  • Gasoline
  • Female
 

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Burns, T. M., Shneker, B. F., & Juel, V. C. (2001). Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy. Pediatr Neurol, 25(5), 419–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-8994(01)00334-4
Burns, T. M., B. F. Shneker, and V. C. Juel. “Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy.Pediatr Neurol 25, no. 5 (November 2001): 419–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-8994(01)00334-4.
Burns TM, Shneker BF, Juel VC. Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2001 Nov;25(5):419–21.
Burns, T. M., et al. “Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy.Pediatr Neurol, vol. 25, no. 5, Nov. 2001, pp. 419–21. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0887-8994(01)00334-4.
Burns TM, Shneker BF, Juel VC. Gasoline sniffing multifocal neuropathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2001 Nov;25(5):419–421.
Journal cover image

Published In

Pediatr Neurol

DOI

ISSN

0887-8994

Publication Date

November 2001

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

419 / 421

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Reaction Time
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Neuritis
  • Neural Conduction
  • Mononeuropathies
  • Humans
  • Gasoline
  • Female