Verslegers W, Van den Kerchove M, Crols R, De Potter W, Appel B, Lowenthal A
Department of Neurology, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Acta Neurol Belg. 1988 May-Jul;88(3):163-71.
Due to methanol intoxication, a 38-year-old male developed permanent parkinsonism with visual impairment. Brain computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed cystic resorption of the putamen. An alteration of the central noradrenergic activity and the opioid system can be assumed because of increased dopamine beta-hydroxylase (D beta H) activity and decreased methionine-enkephalin (Met-Enk) levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
