Role of Imaging in Acute Methanol Intoxication-A Case Series
Abstract: Methanol is a clear, colorless, highly toxic volatile liquid with an odour and taste similar to ethanol. Acute methanol poisoning produces sever metabolic acidosis and serious neurological symptoms. CT (Computed Tomography) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are able to demonstrate toxic effects of methanol intoxication in the CNS (Central Nervous System) including putaminal necrosis with or without hemorrhage and pathologies involving subcortical white matter, hippocampus, optic nerve, tegmentum, cerebral gray matter and cerebellum. Here we present three cases demonstrating different CNS changes demonstrated in MRI. Keyword: Computed tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Central Nervous system