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doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.1064.Acute bilateral blindness caused by accidental methanol intoxication during fire "eating"
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- DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.1064
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Acute bilateral blindness caused by accidental methanol intoxication during fire "eating"
C Cursiefen et al. Br J Ophthalmol.2002 Sep.
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Right (A) and left (B) optic discs of the patient with pseudoglaucomatous optic neuropathy secondary to methanol intoxication (optic disc area both eyes: 2.6 mm2; neuroretinal rim area right eye: 1.1 mm2; left eye: 0.92 mm2). Note intensely pale appearance of the optic disc with alteration of neuroretinal rim configuration and (most likely) pre-existing peripapillary atrophy zone. Note also the “washboard-like” pattern of the internal limiting membrane (arrow) secondary to acute loss of retinal nerve fibres.

MRT imaging of the patient with methanol intoxication during fire eating (6 weeks after ingestion). Bilateral symmetric necrotic areas in the basal ganglia (putamen; arrow) in the T1 weighted image (hypointense lesions with marginal contrast enhancement) are typical of methanol intoxication.
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