[Toxic optic neuropathy caused by methanol poisoning].
A 40-year-old woman attempted suicide by drinking methanol. Her visual acuity began to deteriorate 36 hours later and was found to be 6/60 in her right eye with no light perception in the left. No systemic manifestations other than the eye symptoms were found. In the following months visual acuity improved without specific therapy. 2 months following the methanol, visual acuity was 6/6 in the right eye and finger-counting at 1 meter in the left eye. There was pronounced optic atrophy in the left eye, as well as a central defect in the left visual field due to the methanol toxicity.
Dept. of Ophthalmology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon.
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Reisin
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Liebovitz
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Levartovsky
D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000432:Methanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
D000432:Methanol