Open AccessBilateral total optic atrophy due to transdermal methanol intoxication
Author(s) -
Yalçın İşcan,
Çiğdem Coşkun,
Veysi Öner,
Fatih Mehmet Türkçü,
Mehmet Taş,
Mehmet Fuat Alakuş
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.106406
Subject(s) - medicine , atrophy , methanol poisoning , transdermal , blindness , ingestion , methanol , anesthesia , optic nerve , ophthalmology , pathology , pharmacology , optometry , chemistry , organic chemistry
In this case report, we document a 54-year-old woman with total bilateral optic nerve atrophy after local application of methanol containing spirit. Almost all the reported cases of methanol intoxication in the literature are caused by oral ingestion. In this rare case, we present transdermal absorption of methanol that may cause irreversible blindness in addition to intracerebral lesions.