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A 20-year-old man was injured by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm. The lightening hit a lorry, splashed onto some nearby people, and finally hit and knocked down the patient. He was initially paralysed from the waist downwards but conscious; paraesthesias, upper-extremity weakness, or aphasi...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2001-11, Vol.358 (9294), p.1681-1681
Main Authors: Vega, L A, de Quevedo García, J A, Santamariá, C T, Porras, M C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arm - pathology
Humans
Lightning Injuries - pathology
Male
Skin Pigmentation
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Summary:A 20-year-old man was injured by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm. The lightening hit a lorry, splashed onto some nearby people, and finally hit and knocked down the patient. He was initially paralysed from the waist downwards but conscious; paraesthesias, upper-extremity weakness, or aphasia were not present. The keraunoparalysis (lightning paralysis), resolved spontaneously in 30 min.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06719-8