Electrical Burn Causing a Unique Pattern of Neurological Injury

Neurological involvement is not uncommon in patients who sustain electrical injury. The exact mechanism of nervous system damage following electrical trauma is not fully understood. The gamut of possible neurologic manifestations following electrical injury is diverse. This case report describes a y...

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Autores principales: Schaefer, Nathan R., Yaxley, Julian P., O’Donohue, Peter, Lisec, Carl, Jeyarajan, Eshwarshanker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4422209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25973356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000344
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author Schaefer, Nathan R.
Yaxley, Julian P.
O’Donohue, Peter
Lisec, Carl
Jeyarajan, Eshwarshanker
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description Neurological involvement is not uncommon in patients who sustain electrical injury. The exact mechanism of nervous system damage following electrical trauma is not fully understood. The gamut of possible neurologic manifestations following electrical injury is diverse. This case report describes a young man with a unique pattern of neurological injury following an electrical burn. The combination of brachial plexopathy, partial Horner’s syndrome, and phrenic nerve palsy secondary to electrical injury has not been previously described in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-44222092015-05-13 Electrical Burn Causing a Unique Pattern of Neurological Injury Schaefer, Nathan R. Yaxley, Julian P. O’Donohue, Peter Lisec, Carl Jeyarajan, Eshwarshanker Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Reports Neurological involvement is not uncommon in patients who sustain electrical injury. The exact mechanism of nervous system damage following electrical trauma is not fully understood. The gamut of possible neurologic manifestations following electrical injury is diverse. This case report describes a young man with a unique pattern of neurological injury following an electrical burn. The combination of brachial plexopathy, partial Horner’s syndrome, and phrenic nerve palsy secondary to electrical injury has not been previously described in the literature. Wolters Kluwer Health 2015-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4422209/ /pubmed/25973356 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000344 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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