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Liver damage in chronic fluoride intoxication

Cases of chronic fluoride intoxication due to industrial hazards are rarely reported in the medical literature. The following brief case report of chronic fluoride poisoning is of special interest because of liver involvement, a rarely described feature of the disease. It was presented to the editor in a letter by D. M. Gumprecht, M.D. of Coeur d'Alene , Idaho On October 7, 1952, J. R. S. age 32, consulted Dr. Gumprecht because of vague pain and abdominal distress, of a few days' duration, in