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

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Journal Surg Neurol Int
Specialty Neurology
Date 2011 Jan 6
PMID 21206535
Citations 7
Authors
Yeh Huan-Jui
Liu Chih-Yang
Lo Huei-Yu
Chen Po-Chih
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Abstract

Background: Acute stroke is not a common complication of electrical injury, and only a few cases of acute stroke have been reported for lightning or high-voltage injuries.

Case Report: We present the case of a man who suffered from a low-voltage electrical injury followed by ischemic stroke. Magnetic resonance angiography showed segmental narrowing of the right internal carotid artery and right middle cerebral artery. The patient underwent thrombolytic therapy and catheter-assisted angioplasty. The low-voltage current-induced vasospasm rather than direct vascular injury, and this may explain why the intracranial defect occurred away from the electrical current pathway.

Conclusion: Electric shock injury with low-voltage alternating currents and prolonged contact period may cause ischemic stroke.

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