Transdermal Spirit (Methanol) Poisoning: A Case Report
نویسندگان
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
4 Department of Ophthalmology, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
5 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
6 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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چکیده
Methanol is a highly toxic substance and methanol poisoning results in severe health situations. Methanol poisoningoccurswhenit is consumed by various methods such as orally, by inhalation, and transdermally. Transdermal poisoning is rarelyseen and causes severe health complications.Case Presentation: A 59-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room due to blurred vision and knee pain. He hadwrapped alcohol soaked cotton around his knees because of pain, and left it for 10 hours at night. Onphysical examination the kneesonly exhibited redness. Upon funduscopic examination, signs of poisoning were not seen, but a high anion gap metabolic acidosiswas shown by arterial blood gas analysis. Hemodialysis was performed for severe acidosis and the patient was admitted to the ICU.The patient was treated and discharged from the ICU without sequelae.Conclusions: Methanol poisoning presents to the emergency department in our country with many different situations and withvarying histories. In different parts of the world, transdermal intoxication casesmaybemoreprevalent and theymaybe overlooked,therefore, we aimed to present this case.
