Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report

INTRODUCTION: High-voltage electrical injuries are uncommonly reported and may predispose to both immediate and delayed neurologic complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who experienced a high-voltage electrocution injury resulting in ischemic myelopathy...

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Autores principales: Johl, Harpreet K, Olshansky, Adel, Beydoun, Said R, Rison, Richard A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22974044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-296
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description INTRODUCTION: High-voltage electrical injuries are uncommonly reported and may predispose to both immediate and delayed neurologic complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who experienced a high-voltage electrocution injury resulting in ischemic myelopathy and secondary paraparesis. CONCLUSION: High-voltage electrocution injuries are a serious problem with potential for both immediate and delayed neurologic sequelae. The existing literature regarding effective treatment of neurologic complications is limited. Long-term follow-up and multidisciplinary management of these patients is required.
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spelling pubmed-34458482012-09-20 Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report Johl, Harpreet K Olshansky, Adel Beydoun, Said R Rison, Richard A J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: High-voltage electrical injuries are uncommonly reported and may predispose to both immediate and delayed neurologic complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who experienced a high-voltage electrocution injury resulting in ischemic myelopathy and secondary paraparesis. CONCLUSION: High-voltage electrocution injuries are a serious problem with potential for both immediate and delayed neurologic sequelae. The existing literature regarding effective treatment of neurologic complications is limited. Long-term follow-up and multidisciplinary management of these patients is required. BioMed Central 2012-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3445848/ /pubmed/22974044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-296 Text en Copyright ©2012 Johl et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report
title Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report
title_full Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report
title_fullStr Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report
title_short Cervicothoracic spinal cord and pontomedullary injury secondary to high-voltage electrocution: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445848/
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