Toxic polyneuropathy due to gingili oil contaminated with tri-cresyl phosphate affecting adolescent girls in Sri Lanka.
An outbreak of acute polyneuropathy affected over 20 young females in Sri Lanka during 1977-78. The illness was restricted to girls attaining menarche and to women after childbirth. The cause of the neuropathy could be traced to tri-cresyl phosphate found as a contaminant in gingili oil. Contamination probably occurred during transport of the oil in containers previously used for storing mineral oils.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D003408:Cresols / Q000633:toxicity*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D008572:Menarche; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000139:chemically induced; D009821:Oils; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014317:Tritolyl Phosphates / Q000633:toxicity*
D003408:Cresols; D009821:Oils; D014317:Tritolyl Phosphates