1Loghman-Hakim Poison Hospital, Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2Toxicological Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
*Corresponding address: Babak Mostafazadeh, Babak Mostafazadeh MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Toxicology & Forensic Medicine, Loghman-Hakim Poison Hospital, Kamali Avenue, South Kargar Street, Tehran, 13334, Iran, Tel/Fax: +98 21 55409534, e-mails: mstzbmd@sbmu.ac.ir, mstz_b_md@yahoo.com, mstzbmd@irantox.org
Methanol is a clear, colorless liquid with a smell and taste similar to ethanol. Intoxications with methanol are still frequent in large parts of the developing world. Hemodialysis should be done in severe toxicity to eliminate toxic metabolites. In this case report, we describe 37-year-old chronic alcohol abuser with methanol poisoning, who got hematuria and upper GI bleeding after hemodialysis. The upper GI endoscopic findings showed only low grade esophageal ulcer. Hematuria and upper GI bleeding in our patient might also have been due to the effect of heparinization during hemodialysis.
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