Cassava poisoning

Definition

Symmetrical, non-progressive, non-remitting spastic paraparesia occurring in epidemic and endemic forms with a predilection for children and young women. The unknown aetiology is related to consumption of bitter cassava roots with very minimal protein supplementation.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Neurological disorders due to toxicity

• 8D43.0Encephalopathy due to toxicity
• 8D43.1Cognitive impairment due to toxicity
• 8D43.2Neuropathy due to toxicity
• 8D43.3Myopathy due to toxicity
• 8D43.4Movement disorders due to toxicity
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified