Temporary bulbar palsy following lightning strike.
Lightning is a significant cause of mortality in Zimbabwe. The same study showed that 21 per cent of fatal lightning strikes occurred with victims inside a hut. We report a case who survived a severe lightning strike with unusual features of a temporary bulbar palsy.
Saddler
M C
MC
Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare.
Thomas
J E
JE
D000368:Aged; D010244:Bulbar Palsy, Progressive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications*