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Telephone‐related lightning injury
Author(s) -
Johnstone Bruce R.,
Harding David L.,
Hocking Bruce
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb113702.x
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , lightning (connector) , medicine , epidemiology , stroke (engine) , medical emergency , physical medicine and rehabilitation , forensic engineering , engineering , disease , physics , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
The case of a man who was injured by a stroke of lightning while using the telephone is reported. The patient sustained paralysis, sensory symptoms, otological disturbance and pathognomonic dendriform cutaneous marks (Lichtenberg figures). The relevant literature is reviewed, and the epidemiology and preventive measures are discussed.