Myelopathy and amnesia following accidental electrical injury.
OBJECTIVE
Documentation of MRI and neurophysiological changes following accidental electrical injury.


METHODS
Tertiary care referral teaching hospital at Lucknow, India.


RESULTS
A 30-year-old lady developed amnesia and spastic paraparesis with loss of pin prick sensation below the second thoracic spinal segment following electrocution. Her spinal MRI was normal and cranial MRI revealed T2 hyperintensity in the right putamen. Peroneal, sural and electromyography were normal. Tibial central sensory conduction time was normal but central motor conduction time to lower limbs and right upper limb was prolonged.


CONCLUSIONS
Neurophysiological study and MRI may help in understanding the pathophysiological basis of neurological sequelae following electrical injury.
Kalita
J
J
Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, India.
Jose
M
M
Misra
U K
UK
D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020336:Paraparesis, Spastic / Q000209:etiology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae