The spinal cord in lightning injury: a report of two cases.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-15-2009
Abstract
We present 2 patients in whom the predominant neurological complication following lightning strike was spinal cord injury. One patient, who was followed for 5 years, showed clinical, electrophysiologic and MRI evidence of cervical spinal cord injury. This patient had significant recovery, which in part, may be related to early and intense rehabilitation. The second patient presented with the symptoms and signs of spinal shock which then evolved into a myelopathy. Follow-up several months later showed almost complete resolution of symptoms. These patients demonstrate that the prognosis of spinal cord injury complicating a lightning strike may not be uniformly poor.
Volume
276
Issue
1-2
First Page
199
Last Page
201
ISSN
0022-510X
Published In/Presented At
Lakshminarayanan, S., Chokroverty, S., Eshkar, N., & Grewal, R. (2009). The spinal cord in lightning injury: a report of two cases. Journal of the neurological sciences, 276(1-2), 199–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2008.09.020
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
18947840
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article