Lightning strike: a first case of unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis.
Lightning injury is the second most common cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. Despite the several neurological complications such as polyneuropathy, myelopathy, spinal cord injury, motor neuron disease due to the lightning-induced injury, there is no documented case of unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. We describe the case of a patient with a history of lightning strike at childhood period, prior the onset of isolated, diaphragmatic paralysis, unilaterally. Clinical and electrophysiological findings suggest an injury restricted to the phrenic nerve, unilaterally.
Thorax Surgery Department;
Timucin
T
Alar
Neurology Department, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey.
Yildiz
Y
Degirmenci
Neurology Department, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey.
Handan Isin
HI
Ozisik Karaman
diaphragmatic paralysis.; lightning injury; phrenic nerve