title: Necrosis and haemorrhage of the putamen in methanol poisoning shown on MRI.
abstract: Methanol, a highly toxic substance, is used as an industrial solvent and in automobile antifreeze. Acute methanol poisoning produces severe metabolic acidosis and serious neurologic sequelae. We describe a 50-year-old woman with accidental methanol intoxication who was in a vegetative state. MRI showed haemorrhagic necrosis of the putamina and oedema in the deep white matter.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuteifan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oesterlé
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tajahmady
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gutbub
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laplatte
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D000432:Methanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000139:chemically induced; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000432:Methanol