J Korean Soc Emerg Med.  2003 Dec;14(5):670-672.

Transient Quadriplegia after Low-Voltage Electric Shock

• Kim SJ
• Lee DP

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.

Keyword

Quadriplegia; Electrical shock; Spinal cord injury

MeSH Terms

Consciousness
Memory
Nervous System Diseases
Paralysis
Paresis
Peripheral Nerves
Quadriplegia*
Seizures
Shock*
Spinal Cord Injuries