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Necrosis and haemorrhage of the putamen in methanol poisoning shown on MRI

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Methanol, a highly toxic substance, is used as an industrial solvent and in automobile antifreeze. Acute methanol poisoning produces severe metabolic acidosis and serious neurologic sequelae. We describe a 50-year-old woman with accidental methanol intoxication who was in a vegetative state. MRI showed haemorrhagic necrosis of the putamina and oedema in the deep white matter.

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  1. Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur, F-68024 Colmar cedex, France, Tel.: + 33-3 89 80 43 63; Fax: + 33-3 89 80 43 41, , , , , , FR

    K. Kuteifan, A. M. Gutbub & G. Laplatte

  2. Service de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalier Louis Pasteur, Colmar, France, , , , , , FR

    H. Oesterlé & T. Tajahmady

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  1. K. Kuteifan
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Received: 17 March 1997 Accepted: 15 July 1997

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Kuteifan, K., Oesterlé, H., Tajahmady, T. et al. Necrosis and haemorrhage of the putamen in methanol poisoning shown on MRI. Neuroradiology 40, 158–160 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050558

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