Trigeminal Neuralgia Following Lightning Injury
Alfonso S. López Chiriboga, MD/William P. Cheshire Jr, MD
PMID: 29073666
DOI: 10.11607/ofph.1871
Lightning and other electrical incidents are responsible for more than 300 injuries and 100 deaths per year in the United States alone. Lightning strikes can cause a wide spectrum of neurologic manifestations affecting any part of the neuraxis through direct strikes, side flashes, touch voltage, connecting leaders, or acoustic shock waves. This article describes the first case of trigeminal neuralgia induced by lightning injury to the trigeminal nerve, thereby adding a new syndrome to the list of possible lightning-mediated neurologic injuries.
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