title: Unilateral perihilar opacification caused by lightning.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nozaki
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography