Acute Ischemic Stroke Associated with Low-voltage Electrical Injury: A Case Report

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Dogru H., Akpinar C. K., Gungor L., Balci K.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.30-32, 2016 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tnd.23865
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.30-32
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ischemic stroke, low-voltage electrical injury, neurologic complication, LIGHTNING-STROKE, DAMAGE
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Electrical injuries are common physical injuries in daily life. Vascular injury and thrombosis are frequently found in cases of high-voltage electric injury because of the low resistance of vascular tissue, but are rarely reported in low-voltage electric injuries. Acute stroke is not a common complication of electrical injury, and only a few cases of acute stroke have been reported for low-voltage injures. Electric shock injury with low-voltage alternating currents and prolonged contact periods may possibly cause ischemic stroke. We present a case of a man who had a low-voltage electrical injury, by an ischemic stroke.