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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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A rare presentation of methanol toxicity
Nikhil Gupta, Ajinkya Ashok Sonambekar, Sunil Kumar Daksh, Laxmikant Tomar
Department of Medicine, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Nikhil Gupta
C158, Pushpanjali enclave, Pitampura, Delhi-110034
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.112484
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Methanol is a highly toxic alcohol resembling ethanol in smell and taste. Methanol poisoning is a lethal form of poisoning that can cause severe metabolic acidosis, visual disturbances, and neurological deficit. Brain lesions typically described in methanol toxicity are in the form of hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic necrosis of the basal ganglia and sub-cortical white matter. To our knowledge, lesions in the parietal, temporal, or frontal areas of cerebrum and cerebellar hemispheres have been rarely reported so far. We herewith report this rare presentation. |
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