What is the diagnostic radiological finding in skeletal fluorosis?: (A) Sclerosis of sacroiliac joint, (B) Interosseous membrane ossification, (C) Osteosclerosis of veebral body, (D) Ossification of ligaments of knee joint
Answer is B. Skeletal fluorosis is a bone disease caused by excessive accumulation of fluoride in the bones Osteosclerosis, osteophytosis and ossification of ligamentous and fascial attachments is characteristic of fluorosis and amongst them most impoant is Interosseous membrane ossification.