title: A rare presentation of methanol toxicity.
abstract: Methanol is a highly toxic alcohol resembling ethanol in smell and taste. Methanol poisoning is a lethal form of poisoning that can cause severe metabolic acidosis, visual disturbances, and neurological deficit. Brain lesions typically described in methanol toxicity are in the form of hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic necrosis of the basal ganglia and sub-cortical white matter. To our knowledge, lesions in the parietal, temporal, or frontal areas of cerebrum and cerebellar hemispheres have been rarely reported so far. We herewith report this rare presentation.
authors: Department of Medicine, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
authors: Nikhil
authors: N
authors: Gupta
authors: Ajinkya Ashok
authors: AA
authors: Sonambekar
authors: Sunil Kumar
authors: SK
authors: Daksh
authors: Laxmikant
authors: L
authors: Tomar
keywords: Basal ganglia; intoxication; methanol; necrosis; putamen
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