A case of optic nerve atrophy with severe disc cupping after methanol poisoning.open access
- Authors
- Shin, Yong Woon; Uhm, Ki Bang
- Issue Date
- Apr-2011
- Publisher
- The Korean Ophthalmological Society
- Keywords
- Disc cupping; Methanol; Optic atrophy
- Citation
- Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO, v.25, no.2, pp.146 - 150
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- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO
- Volume
- 25
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 146
- End Page
- 150
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/168771
- DOI
- 10.3341/kjo.2011.25.2.146
- ISSN
- 1011-8942
- Abstract
- We report a rare case of optic nerve atrophy with severe disc cupping resulting from methanol poisoning. A 30-year-old man presented to the hospital complaining of decreased visual acuity in both eyes a day after drinking alcohol containing methanol. His initial visual acuity allowed for only visualizing hand motion and not corrected in either eye. Initial intraocular pressure was within normal limits in both eyes. Initial fundus examination showed optic disc swelling in both eyes. Four years later, he visited our hospital for an eye evaluation. Visual acuity in both eyes still only allowed for visualizing hand motion. No nystagmus was observed in either eye during the optokinetic nystagmus test, and no waves were found in a visual evoked potential test. No specific change was noted on brain magnetic resonance imaging. On fundus examination, there was disc pallor in both eyes and disc cupping with a high cup/disc (C/D) ratio above 0.9 in the left eye. C/D ratio of the right eye was 0.5. Methanol poisoning may induce glaucomatous disc cupping in the late stage as well as optic atrophy. One possible mechanism of disc cupping is ganglion cell loss due to acute demyelination of the retrobulbar optic nerve. This report is the first photographic evidence of methanol induced optic disc cupping in Korea.
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