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Basal ganglia hemorrhage related to lightning strike
1Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
We describe a case of bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage after a lightning strike to the head documented by a CT scan. Review of the literature shows this to be the most common brain imaging finding that can be attributed to a lightning strike. Several mechanistic theories are discussed, with the most plausible one being related to preferential conduction pathways through the brain.