title: [Bilateral plexopathy following lightning injury].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The consequences of lightning injuries on the peripheral nervous system are widely unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a 31 year-old woman who developed a bilateral brachial plexopathy 15 days after a lightning strike. The patient recovered progressively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peripheral neuropathies due to lightning strikes are probably unrecognized in most of the cases, because occurrence may be delayed and only few patients were adequately investigated. Pathophysiological hypotheses are unclear and lean on experimental studies using electrical current.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Faculté de Médecine Paris V, Cochin, Paris.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guiraud
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Touzé
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cabane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications*