TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe brain damage by current flow after electrical burn injury
AU - Scholz, Till
AU - Rippmann, Volker
AU - Wojtecki, Lars
AU - Perbix, Walter
AU - Rothschild, Markus A.
AU - Spilker, Gerald
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - Patients sustaining high-voltage electrical injury may experience neurological sequelae. The exact mechanism of nervous cell destruction is an ongoing subject of research, frequently a combination of both thermal and nonthermal causes. In this report, brain damage of the entire right hemisphere according to the current flow with isolated affection of pre- and postcentral gyrus of left hemisphere is described. Clinical findings, including neurological symptoms, radiographic images, and autopsy results, are presented. Possible mechanisms of brain destruction solely caused by current flow are discussed.
AB - Patients sustaining high-voltage electrical injury may experience neurological sequelae. The exact mechanism of nervous cell destruction is an ongoing subject of research, frequently a combination of both thermal and nonthermal causes. In this report, brain damage of the entire right hemisphere according to the current flow with isolated affection of pre- and postcentral gyrus of left hemisphere is described. Clinical findings, including neurological symptoms, radiographic images, and autopsy results, are presented. Possible mechanisms of brain destruction solely caused by current flow are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33750804381&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.BCR.0000245646.80680.26
DO - 10.1097/01.BCR.0000245646.80680.26
M3 - Article
C2 - 17091094
AN - SCOPUS:33750804381
SN - 1559-047X
VL - 27
SP - 917
EP - 922
JO - Journal of Burn Care and Research
JF - Journal of Burn Care and Research
IS - 6
ER -