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A fatal case of oral ingestion of methanol. Distribution in postmortem tissues and fluids including pericardial fluid and vitreous humor
✍ Scribed by Antonio Pla; Antonio F. Hernandez; Fernando Gil; Margarita Garcia-Alonso; Enrique Villanueva
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0379-0738
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✦ Synopsis
A 41-year-old man ingested orally a large quantity of methanol and was found dead at home. The presence of methanol in body fluids and tissues was determined by head-space gas chromatography. The blood ethanol and acetone were negative. Tissue distribution of methanol showed that the kidney presented the highest content of methanol (5.13 g/kg) followed by liver (4.18 g/kg), vitreous humor (3.96 g/l), heart (3.45 g/kg), urine (3.43 g/l), pericardial fluid (3.29 g/l), blood (2.84 g/l) and finally stomach content (2.21 g/l).