MMSL 2012, 81(4):188-189 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2012.026
METHANOL-INDUCED BLINDNESS TREATED BY ERYTHROPOIETIN; A RAY OF HOPE IN THE DARKEST OF CLOUDSLetter to the editor
- Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Emergency Room/Division of Medical Toxicology, Hazrat Ali-Asghar (p) Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
It has previously been shown that in methanolinduced toxic optic neuropathy with absolute blindness, recovery is rare, and almost never happens fully (1, 2). In other words, we have shown that after general management of acute methanol intoxication, patients with methanolinduced blindness can be grouped into three categories; 1: patients who are blind at the time of discharge and partially recover within a maximum of 3-4 weeks; 2: patients who are blind at the time of discharge and gain no improvement in their vision; and 3: patients who are blind at the time of discharge, partially recover within a few days to approximately 1 month, and experience reduced vision and blindness after about a maximum of 9 months (2) ...
Received: October 2, 2012; Revised: November 18, 2012; Published: December 7, 2012 Show citation
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