Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Acute methanol intoxication can have serious neurological sequelae which can entail the course of illness. Patients generally present with acute neurological, visual, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Here we present a case of methanol poisoning who developed profound vision loss and severe brain damage with characteristic bilateral necrosis of the putamen shown on magnetic resonance imaging. This study highlights a unique undiagnosed case report of blindness associated with extrapyramidal symptoms, which was later found to be associated with methanol poisoning. A high index of suspicion is required for timely management of such cases, to prevent the long-term neurological sequelae.
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402080684