Introduction:
Skeletal fluorosis is reported as an endemic disease in some parts of
the world as the north of Africa where the prevalence varies between 20
and 65% (1). It is a toxic osteopathy caused especially by prolonged
ingestion of water having high fluoride concentration or rarely by
inhalation of fluoride ions in geographic areas where high levels of
fluoride occur naturally (2,3). SF is often asymptomatic. Most common
symptoms of SF are bone pain, muscle weakness, bone deformities and
pathologic fractures. Neurological complications are rare and include
predominantly radiculo-myelopathies ; the majority of those involve the
cervical region (4). We present three cases of SF revealed by spinal
cord compression.