BRAIN MRI FINDINGS OF METHANOL INTOXICATION IN TRANSPORT HOSPITAL: CASE REPORT
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SUMMARY
Methanol, also known as wood alcohol,when ingested, the initial symptomsof methanol intoxication include central nervous system depression, headache, nausea,and confusion.
Sufficiently large doses cause unconsciousness and deat. Brain magnetic resonance imaging performed on day 3 showed necrosis of bilateral basal ganglia, especially the putamen. Methanol Intoxication can be treated with fomepizole and and hemodialysis or hemodiafiltration.
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methanol poisoning, brain MRI
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320 persons. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1952; 36: 875−883.
1. Blanco M, Casado R, Vázquez F, Pumar JM. CT and MR imaging findings in methanol intoxication. AJNR Am J
Neuroradiol 2006;27:452-4.
2. Liesivuori J, Savolainen H. Methanol and formic acid toxicity: Biochemical mechanism (review). Pharmacol
Toxicol 1991;69:157-63.
3. Sefidbakht S, Rasekhi AR, Kamali K, Borhani Haghighi A, Salooti A, Meshksar A, et al. Methanol poisoning: Acute MR and CT findings in nine patients. Neuroradiology 2007;49:427-35.
4. Taheri MS, Moghaddam HH, Moharamzad Y, Dadgari S, Nahvi V. The value of brain CT findings in acute methanol toxicity. Eur J Radiol 2010;73:211-4.
5. Bessell-Browne RJ, Bynevelt M. Two cases of methanol poisoning: CT and MRI features. Australas Radiol 2007;51
6. Benton CD & Calhoun FP. The ocular side effects of methyl alcohol poisoning: report of a catastrophe involving
320 persons. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1952; 36: 875−883.