title: Optic atrophy and cerebral infarcts caused by methanol intoxication: MRI.
abstract: We present the MRI findings of cerebral and optic pathway damage in the acute and subacute stages of methanol intoxication. In the acute stage, CT and MRI showed bilateral haemorrhagic necrosis of the corpus striatum and infarcts in the anterior and middle cerebral arterial territories. MRI in the subacute stage demonstrated atrophy of the optic chiasm and prechiasmatic optic nerves in addition to the cerebral infarcts. The patient survived, with total blindness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tri-service General Hospital, National Defens Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D001766:Blindness / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D000432:Methanol