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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

Occupational methanol toxicity: a case report study.

Hamoud M Alrougi, Rayyan Saqah, Imad Khojah, Samar A Amer

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Hamoud M AlrougiGeneral Directorate of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rayyan SaqahGeneral Directorate of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Imad KhojahDepartment of Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Samar A AmerDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report describes a case of methanol occupational toxicity in a 44 year-old male ship worker in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 27 August 2024. The patient suddenly lost sight in both eyes and had an unusual acid-base disturbance that was marked by respiratory alkalosis (pH 7.607). This is different from the acidosis that is usually seen in methanol poisoning. Despite aggressive treatment with FOMEPIZOLE, the methanol antidote, and four hemodialysis sessions, the patient's visual prognosis remained poor. This case highlights the potentially devastating consequences of inhalational and contact methanol poisoning and the importance of prompt recognition and treatment, even in the absence of significant neuroimaging findings. It also underscores the need for proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the workplace.

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inhalationmetabolic alkalosismethanol toxicityoptic neuropathyvision loss

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PMCPMC12074937

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