RSS-Feed abonnieren
Bitte kopieren Sie die angezeigte URL und fügen sie dann in Ihren RSS-Reader ein.
https://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/de/10.1055-s-00029202.xml
Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2018; 15(01): 039-040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612646
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612646
Case Report
Postelectrocution Massive Brain Infarcts
Weitere Informationen
Publikationsverlauf
Received: 10. September 2016
Accepted: 31. Oktober 2017
Publikationsdatum:
17. August 2018 (online)
Abstract
Acute brain infarct is an uncommon complication of electrical injury, and only a few cases have been reported. A young man sustained a high-voltage electrical injury followed by a fall from height. Imaging revealed right hemibrain infarct. He was operated for that, but did not make much progress. Electric shock injury with the high-voltage current even for short period of contact may cause massive infarction of brain, and prognosis remains dismal.
-
References
- 1 Wilkinson C, Wood M. High voltage electric injury. Am J Surg 1978; 136 (06) 693-696
- 2 Hoover BB, Baxter CR, Kirkpatrick MR. Electromyographic findings in high voltage electrical burns: two cases. South Med J 1971; 64 (11) 1392-1394
- 3 Cherington M, Yarnell P, Lammereste D. Lightning strikes: nature of neurological damage in patients evaluated in hospital emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med 1992; 21 (05) 575-578
- 4 Huan-Jui Y, Chih-Yang L, Huei-Yu L, Po-Chih C. Acute ischemic stroke in low-voltage electrical injury: a case report. Surg Neurol Int 2010; 1: 83
- 5 Stanley LD, Suss RA. Intracerebral hematoma secondary to lightning stroke: case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 1985; 16 (05) 686-688
- 6 Janus TJ, Barrash J. Neurologic and neurobehavioral effects of electric and lightning injuries. J Burn Care Rehabil 1996; 17 (05) 409-415
- 7 Critchley M. Neurological effects of lightning and electricity. Lancet 1934; 1: 68-72
- 8 Cherington M. Neurologic manifestations of lightning strikes. Neurology 2003; 60 (02) 182-185
- 9 Echlin FA. Vasospasm and focal cerebral ischemia. An experimental study. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1942; 47 (01) 77-95
- 10 Matakas F, Cervós-Navarro J, Roggendorf W, Christmann U, Sasaki S. Spastic constriction of cerebral vessels after electric convulsive treatment. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr (1970) 1977; 224 (01) 1-9
- 11 Lee RC, Aarsvold JN, Chen W. et al. Biophysical mechanisms of cell membrane damage in electrical shock. Semin Neurol 1995; 15 (04) 367-374