[Bilateral plexopathy following lightning injury].
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.
Guiraud
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Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Faculté de Médecine Paris V, Cochin, Paris.
Touzé
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E
Cabane
J P
JP
Zuber
M
M
D000328:Adult; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications*