Citation

Barbera N, Indorato F, Spitaleri A, Bosco A, Carpinteri M, Busardò FP, Romano G. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2014; 35(4): 253-255.

Affiliation

From the *Department of Anatomy, Biology and Genetics, Legal Medicine, Neurosciences, Diagnostic Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, "G. F. Ingrassia," Section of Legal Medicine, University of Catania; †Section of Neurosurgery, "Cannizzaro" Hospital, Catania; ‡Department of Anesthesiology, "Umberto I" Hospital, Syracuse; and §Department of Anatomical, Histological, Medicolegal and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0000000000000127

PMID

25354223

Abstract

Acute methanol poisoning is a relatively uncommon and dangerous form of intoxication. It generally occurs after suicidal or accidental events and can be potentially fatal if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Here reported is the case of a 52-year-old Romanian man who survived acute methanol intoxication. Therefore, it was possible to monitor the clinical evolution, the arterial blood gas assay and toxicological research of methanol in blood and urine, as well as the brain damage by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging during a period of 20 days after the intake.

Language: en