SKELETAL CHANGES WITH TOXICITY FROM FLUORIDE AND ALUMINUM

Radiographic examination of 39 patients with toxicity from both fluori de and aluminum showed typical features of metabolic skeletal transfor mation including osteoporosis in cortical bone and osteosclerosis in c ancellous bone. The pro-cortical bones were transformed into soft cort ical bones and the pro-cancellous bones were transformed into disorder ed net-like bones with a large amount of osteoid, These features may b e useful in the classification of skeletal fluorosis.