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Dramatic lightning injury with exit wound

Name: Dramatic lightning injury with exit wound
Creator: O.P. Murty
Keywords: Male, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Humans, Lightning Injuries, Burns, Child, Foot Injuries, Forensic Pathology, 3. Good health

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2007 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, volume 14, pages 225-227 (issn: 1752-928X,

Authors: O.P. Murty;

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.05.009

pmid: 16914357

Dramatic lightning injury with exit wound

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Abstract

This is a case report of an environmental accident due to lightning where one school boy sustained current, blast, and flame effects of it. A bolt of lightning directly struck the pole of a football ground and the scatter struck the child. In addition to burn injuries, he showed an exit wound of lightning in left foot. The exit wound of lightning current is a very rare finding. The body of victim had flame and heat effect of atmospheric electricity on head and neck, face, and trunk. In this incidence of lightning other team mates of the victim were safe. The patient survived the attack.

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Open University Malaysia
Malaysia

Keywords

Male, Humans, Lightning Injuries, Burns, Child, Foot Injuries, Forensic Pathology

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