Necrosis and haemorrhage of the putamen in methanol poisoning shown on MRI.
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.
Kuteifan
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Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur, Colmar, France.
Oesterlé
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Tajahmady
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Gutbub
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Laplatte
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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*
D000432:Methanol