RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Progressive optic neuropathy and sensorineural hearing loss due to chronic glue sniffing.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 349
OP 351
DO 10.1136/jnnp.46.4.349
VO 46
IS 4
A1 A Ehyai
A1 F R Freemon
YR 1983
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/46/4/349.abstract
AB A 27-year-old male developed cerebral and cerebellar atrophy over a period of five years of extensive glue sniffing. He also developed bilateral optic atrophy with blindness and severe sensorineural hearing loss. Investigation failed to show any other cause for the visual or hearing loss. Peripheral polyneuropathy and central nervous system damage may follow chronic toluene toxicity, but these auditory and visual complications have not previously been described.