title: MRI of lightning injury: early white matter changes associated with cerebral dysfunction.
abstract: A previously healthy male was struck by lightning. He developed neurologic deficits, including mild cerebral brain dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed numerous foci of hyperintensity on long TR images, scattered throughout the supratentorial white matter. To our knowledge, the early MRI findings of lightning injury have not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73112, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Milton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hal O'Dell
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged