Clinical Characteristics of Methanol-Induced Optic Neuropathy: Correlation between Aetiology and Clinical Findings

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of eight patients.

Patient no./age range^∗/sex	Exposure route	Toxicant	Latency^†	Admission time (day)^‡	m-DNA test
1/60s/M	Ingestion	Industry alcohol	20 hours	85	N/A
2/40s/M	Ingestion	Industry alcohol	7 hours	40	N/A
3/50s/M	Ingestion	“Spirits”	20 hours	38	N/A
4/30s/M	Ingestion	“Spirits”	6 hours	18	N/A
5/50s/M	Ingestion	“Spirits”	34 hours	28	Negative
6/40s/F	Inhalation	Solid alcohol	4.3 months	43	Negative
7/40s/F	Inhalation	Industry alcohol	4.0 months	109	Negative
8/40s/F	Percutaneous	Industry alcohol	10 years	88	m.14502 t > c

M = male, F = female, and N/A = not available. ^∗The age ranges were used instead of the exact ages according to the anonymization standards. ^†Time from exposure to onset. ^‡Time from onset to be admitted to the Neuro-Ophthalmology Department.