Transient Quadriplegia after Low-Voltage Electric Shock.
- Author:
Sung Jin KIM
1
;
Dong Pill LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. drcradle@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Quadriplegia;
Electrical shock;
Spinal cord injury
- MeSH:
Consciousness;
Memory;
Nervous System Diseases;
Paralysis;
Paresis;
Peripheral Nerves;
Quadriplegia*;
Seizures;
Shock*;
Spinal Cord Injuries
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2003;14(5):670-672
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neurologic disorders from electrical injury may be classified as cerebral syndroms, spinal syndroms, peripheral nerve syndromes. Neurological complication involving either cerebral complication (loss of consciousness, seizures, decreased memory, headache) or peripheral complaints (sensorimotor loss, paraesthesias, paralysis, paresis, dysthesias) are described in the current literatures. However, the exact site of neurological damage causing paralysis after electrical trauma ramains to be clarified. Although transient tetraplegia has been previously reported following high-voltage electrical injury, the following case report describes an unusual presentation of transient acute tetraplegia following a low-voltage electrical injury.
