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Toxic Optic Neuropathy Due to Metanol in Dr. Sardjito Hospital (Lepen Intoxication) case Series

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To decribe three cases of toxic optic neuropathy due to method. Cose series, there were 3 casses in Dr. Dr. Sardjito Hospital, First case, a mole, 28 years old, drunk old, drink three glosses of lapen about 3 cases in Dr2 week before he went to hospital. At his first time be come, his vision was no light perception (NLP) for both eyes. Then hospitalized for a week and got 48 mg methyl prednisolone orally. After 1 month, his vision of the both eyes didn’t improve. From the sample of this drink, we found, we found method 4,38% and ethanol 4,9%. Second cose, a mole, 46 years old, drink one gloss of lapen about 4 days before he went to hospital. His vision was NLP for both eyes. Like the first cose, he got the same management, and after 1 month his vision still did’t improve. From the sample of this drink, we found method 12,41% and ethanol 3,74%. Third case, a mole, 21 years old, drunk more than 3 glosses of combination of vodka, lapen, Kratingdaeng, and bee. The visual acuity were 3/60 for the right eye and hand movement (HM) for the left eye. Like the cases before, he got the same management, and after 2 month his vision had improved became 3/60 for the right eye and 2,5/60 for the left eye. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the sample of this drink. Lapen is yogyakarta home made beverage whith methanol is toxic liquod that cause toxic optic neuropathy. Blindness is the most common symptom and permanent

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Sains Medika;3(2)2011:177-184

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Semarang : FK. Universitas Islaam Sultan Agung Semarang., 2011

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