title: Gastrointestinal and urinary tract bleeding in methanol toxicity.
abstract: Methanol is a clear, colourless liquid with a smell and taste similar to ethanol. Intoxications with methanol are still frequent in large parts of the developing world. Haemodialysis should be done in cases of severe toxicity to eliminate toxic metabolites. In this case report, we describe a 37-year-old chronic alcohol abuser with methanol poisoning, who developed haematuria and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after haemodialysis. The upper GI endoscopic findings showed only low grade oesophageal ulceration. Haematuria and upper GI bleeding in our patient might also have cause by the effect of heparinisation during haemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital Poison Center, Tehran 13334, Islamic Republic of Iran. mstzbmd@sbmu.ac.ir
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mostafazadeh
authors.forename: Haleh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Talaie
authors.forename: Arezou
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahdavinejad
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mesri
authors.forename: Mohammadali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emanhadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D000432:Methanol