An unusual case of lightning strike: full-thickness burns of the cranial bones

An unusual full-thickness burn of the scalp and cranial bones due to a lightning strike is reported. A thick nylon cover protected the head from the direct effects of the lightning injury, but heated water over the thick nylon cover caused full-thickness burn of the scalp and cranial bones. The rele...

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Published inBurns Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 417 - 419
Main Authors Celiköz, B., Isik, S., Türegün, M., Selmanpakoǧlu, N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1996
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Burns
Burns, Electric - etiology
Burns, Electric - pathology
Burns, Electric - surgery
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Lightning Injuries - complications
Male
Medical sciences
Skull
Surgical Flaps - methods
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Tropical medicine
Wound Healing - physiology
Human
Skin disease
Head
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Electrical burn
Trauma
Case study
Wick
Treatment
Surgery
Lightning
Skull
Graft
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Summary:An unusual full-thickness burn of the scalp and cranial bones due to a lightning strike is reported. A thick nylon cover protected the head from the direct effects of the lightning injury, but heated water over the thick nylon cover caused full-thickness burn of the scalp and cranial bones. The relevant literature has been reviewed.
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ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/0305-4179(95)00155-7