Methanol poisoning: characteristic MRI findings

• Published in: Annals of Saudi medicine Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 68 - 69
• Main Authors: Jain, Nirdesh, Himanshu, Dandu, Verma, Shailendra Prasad, Parihar, Anit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Saudi Arabia KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE 01.01.2013; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
• Subjects: Acids; Adult; Alcohol; Alcoholism - complications; Brain damage; Carbon monoxide poisoning; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - diagnosis; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - etiology; Case Report; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug dosages; Ethanol; Head injuries; Hemorrhage; Humans; Hypoglycemia - etiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medical imaging; Metabolism; Metabolites; Methanol - poisoning; Neuroimaging - methods; Patients; Putaminal Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Putaminal Hemorrhage - etiology; Respiration; Unconsciousness - etiology; India

Acute methanol intoxication is not an unusual poisoning. It can have serious neurological sequelae. We emphasize how neuroimaging can help in distinguishing methanol poisoning from other causes of acute unconsciousness in alcoholic patients such as hypoglycemic brain damage and carbon monoxide poiso...