Bone marrow aplasia after high voltage electrical injury.
This report describes a patient with severe high voltage electrical injury in whom bone marrow aplasia developed on post-burn day 3. In addition to bone marrow aplasia alterations suggesting disintegration of leucocytes and reduced nitro-blue tetrazolium reductase activity pointing to functional disorders have been observed. Beyond the effect of the extensive burns to depress the bone marrow the possibility of an additional similar action of the high voltage electrical injury is raised.
D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors