ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT
Methanol is a frequently used organic solvent. However toxic doses of methanol may lead to serious metabolic acidosis and neurologic side effects including subarachnoid hemorrhage and sometimes even death. The case described suffered from such poisoning. Diagnosis was made on MRI brain that demonstr...
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| author | Bushra Muzaffar Khan Wasim Alamgir Taqdees Fatima |
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| description | Methanol is a frequently used organic solvent. However toxic doses of methanol may lead to serious metabolic acidosis and neurologic side effects including subarachnoid hemorrhage and sometimes even death. The case described suffered from such poisoning. Diagnosis was made on MRI brain that demonstrated bilateral putamen necrosis a neuro-radiological hallmark of methanol toxicity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-982ee55db21340b29f69671d671a69e52022-12-21T17:16:41ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422019-04-01692429431ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORTBushra Muzaffar Khan0Wasim Alamgir1Taqdees Fatima2Pak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi Pakistan*Combined Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanMethanol is a frequently used organic solvent. However toxic doses of methanol may lead to serious metabolic acidosis and neurologic side effects including subarachnoid hemorrhage and sometimes even death. The case described suffered from such poisoning. Diagnosis was made on MRI brain that demonstrated bilateral putamen necrosis a neuro-radiological hallmark of methanol toxicity.https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2755/2160toxicitymethanol |
| spellingShingle | Bushra Muzaffar Khan Wasim Alamgir Taqdees Fatima ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal toxicity methanol |
| title | ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT |
| title_full | ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT |
| title_fullStr | ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT |
| title_full_unstemmed | ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT |
| title_short | ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING IN METHANOL TOXICITY - A CASE REPORT |
| title_sort | role of neuroimaging in methanol toxicity a case report |
| topic | toxicity methanol |
| url | https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2755/2160 |
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