RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Optic nerve involvement in a case of methanol poisoning.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 778
OP 781
DO 10.1136/bjo.72.10.778
VO 72
IS 10
A1 P Naeser
YR 1988
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/72/10/778.abstract
AB The eyes and optic nerves were studied histologically in a fatal case of methanol poisoning in a 37-year-old man. The most striking findings were bilateral central necrosis of the optic nerves from behind the lamina cribrosa to the orbital apex. Proximal parts of the nerve and the tract showed no necrosis. It is suggested that the complex blood supply of the nerve may be of importance.