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cord-301297-vgijyani	Khalili, Mohammad Reza	Outbreak of methanol-induced optic neuropathy amid COVID-19 pandemic	2020-09-10		.txt	text/plain	755	45	46	title: Outbreak of methanol-induced optic neuropathy amid COVID-19 pandemic We recently witnessed a significant increase in the number of patients referring to our eye emergency department in Khalili Hospital affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Fars province, Iran, with methanol-induced optic neuropathy. From about 300 patients with methanol poisoning that were referred or consulted to us, 108 cases of methanolinduced optic neuropathy were diagnosed in our eye emergency department (unpublished data) in only 2 weeks' time. This incidence is far higher than the total number of patients that have been referred to our center and were diagnosed as methanol-induced optic neuropathy within the last 15 years. Based on the information obtained from the patients, there were several factors that have led to the methanol poisoning and methanol-induced optic neuropathy outbreak. All these together resulted in an outbreak in methanol-induced optic neuropathy amid COVID-19 pandemic with catastrophic consequences to patients' visual function that ultimately resulted in permanent visual impairment in many patients.	./cache/cord-301297-vgijyani.txt	./txt/cord-301297-vgijyani.txt