Radius fracture from an electrical injury involving an electric guitar.
Electrical injury ranges widely from simple shock and mild burns to more extensive superficial injury, internal injury, and mortality. Bony fracture from electrically-induced tetanic muscle contraction is a rare but recognized injury. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy who suffered a minor burn and radius fracture related to an electrical injury involving his electric guitar. An interesting pattern is emerging from available case reports of similar injuries.
Pappano
Dante
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Department of Emergency Medicine, East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Knoxville, TN 37901, USA. epappano@aol.com
D000328:Adult; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D009146:Music; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000209:etiology*