Dramatic lightning injury with exit wound.

نویسنده

  • O P Murty
چکیده

This is a case report of an environmental accident due to lightning where one school boy sustained current, blast, and flame effects of it. A bolt of lightning directly struck the pole of a football ground and the scatter struck the child. In addition to burn injuries, he showed an exit wound of lightning in left foot. The exit wound of lightning current is a very rare finding. The body of victim had flame and heat effect of atmospheric electricity on head and neck, face, and trunk. In this incidence of lightning other team mates of the victim were safe. The patient survived the attack.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of forensic and legal medicine

دوره 14 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007