If imaging of the brain is performed, a CT or MRI might show putamen necrosis or basal ganglia hemorrhages in methanol ingestion.
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MRI MRI is more sensitive to the aforementioned changes, with bilateral symmetric regions of high T2 signal and restricted diffusion in the brainstem, basal ganglia and thalami
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Effects of ingestion are inebriation (less so than ethanol, ethylene glycol, or isopropanol), Parkinsonism, transverse myelitis, and basal ganglia hemorrhages.
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