raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:31825

Methanol poisoning

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Not applicable
Age of onset
All ages
Status
active

Methanol poisoning is a rare poisoning resulting in elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis, due to the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)-mediated production of formic acid (which is poisonous to the central nervous system), and characterized by dizziness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, metabolic acidosis, visual disturbances (which if left untreated can lead to blindness), coma, and death (due to respiratory failure).

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enMethanol poisoning
frIntoxication par le méthanol
deMethanol-Vergiftung
esIntoxicación por metanol
itIntossicazione da metanolo
nlMethanolvergiftiging
ptIntoxicação por metanol
plZatrucie metanolem
csOtrava metanolem
ukОтруєння метанолом
zh甲醇中毒
trMetanol zehirlenmesi

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10T51.1Especificvalidated
ICD-11NE61NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0017860Evalidated
UMLSC0392621Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

1 record
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Point prevalenceUnknown—WorldwideClass onlyNot yet validatedORPHANET

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

29 annotations · validated 2020-03-02
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0001942Metabolic acidosis
Frequent (79-30%)
HP:0031982Abnormal putamen morphology
HP:0030955Alcoholism
HP:0000622Blurred vision
HP:0003077Hyperlipidemia
HP:0000822Hypertension
HP:0002170Intracranial hemorrhage
HP:0000505Visual impairment
Occasional (29-5%)
HP:0002027Abdominal pain
HP:0002500Abnormal cerebral white matter morphology
HP:0001273Abnormal corpus callosum morphology
HP:0002453Abnormal globus pallidus morphology
HP:0000587Abnormal optic nerve morphology
HP:0012128Basal ganglia necrosis
HP:0007146Bilateral basal ganglia lesions
HP:0000618Blindness
HP:0001259Coma
HP:0001289Confusion
HP:0002014Diarrhea
HP:0001658Myocardial infarction
HP:0005978Type II diabetes mellitus
HP:0002013Vomiting
Very rare (<4-1%)
HP:0002339Abnormal caudate nucleus morphology
HP:0031422Abnormal morphology of the cerebellar cortex
HP:0001342Cerebral hemorrhage
HP:0005291Inflammatory arteriopathy
HP:0004754Permanent atrial fibrillation
HP:0001250Seizure
HP:0100651Type I diabetes mellitus

Run the differential on the 1 obligate / very frequent terms

Annotation source: 20139536[PMID]_29171574[PMID]_26806851[PMID]

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Sources for this card