Abstract
Electrical injury may result in brain injury with delayed symptoms and sequelae. We report a case of high-voltage cerebral electrical injury in a 42-year-old man through his right hand with delayed symptoms and with imaging abnormalities suggesting that haemorrhage had occurred on the cortical somatosensory areas of his left cerebral hemisphere. An appropriate patient's clinical history should be obtained to correlate the lesions to the event as delay between the event and the symptoms can be very long.
Highlights
Electrical injury may result in brain injury with delayed symptoms and sequelae
As an increasing number of such injuries are explored by MR imaging, potential abnormalities related to this condition are being discovered
We report a case of high-voltage cerebral electrical injury with delayed symptoms and with imaging abnormalities
Summary
Electrical injury may result in brain injury with delayed symptoms and sequelae. We report a case of high-voltage cerebral electrical injury in a 42-year-old man through his right hand with delayed symptoms and with imaging abnormalities suggesting that haemorrhage had occurred on the cortical somatosensory areas of his left cerebral hemisphere. Electrical injuries to the extremities are a relatively uncommon form of trauma and may be responsible for a range of delayed neurologic manifestations (1). As an increasing number of such injuries are explored by MR imaging, potential abnormalities related to this condition are being discovered. We report a case of high-voltage cerebral electrical injury with delayed symptoms and with imaging abnormalities. A very precise anamnesis could help in making the link between the imaging abnormalities and the injury
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