Unilateral perihilar opacification caused by lightning.
The chest radiographs of two children struck by lightning showed right perihilar opacification. The radiographs were taken 2 h and 5 h after the event respectively. To our knowledge no similar cases have been reported.
Hayashi
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Y
Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Japan.
Aihara
T
T
Takano
H
H
Nakashima
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N
Nozaki
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S
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography