[Acute alkylphosphate poisoning (trichlorphon) with an intermediate polyneuropathy syndrome]

A case of an acute intoxication with an alkyl phosphate (trichlorphon) with neurological complications in the sense of an intermediate polyneuroradiculography in the late phase is described. On the basis of the literature toxicological peculiarities of trichlorphon are discussed, particularly with regard to the effect on the nervous system. The appearance of the neurological disturbances after a latency period of several weeks and the long phase of restitution of the pareses with in most cases good prognosis are emphasized.