title: Patterned charring along the contact points of a metallic locket due to lightning strike.
abstract: Superficial cutaneous burns following lightning strike may vary in patterns ranging from linear burns, punctate burns, feathering burns, and thermal burns. Contact with an extrinsic object in the pathway of lightning current can lead to disastrous consequences. The lucky who survive may show bizarre and interesting burn patterns to tell their story.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Kolkata India; Present address: 22 Linton Street Kolkata 700014 India.
authors.forename: Md Tanveer
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Adil
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics College of Medicine and Sagar Dutta Hospital Kolkata India.
authors.forename: Rumana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Kolkata India.
authors.forename: Soumen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
keywords: Imprint burn; lightning injury; locket burn; pattern; survivor; thermal burn