J Korean Soc Emerg Med.
2012 Aug;23(4):555-558.
Right Thalamic Hemorrhage Resulting from Low-voltage Electrical Injury: A Case Report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
- 2Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea. great@wku.ac.kr
Abstract
- We report on a case of right thalamic hemorrhage resulting from low-voltage electrical injury caused by contact between a wet hand and an electronic scale. The patient was treated with clopidogrel for control of a previous cerebral infarction. The patient complained of numbness of the left upper extremity. On neurological examination, decreased motor power of her left side, grade IV, was observed. Findings on computerized tomography of the brain revealed a right thalamic hemorrhage. To the best of our knowledge, cerebral hemorrhage resulting from low-voltage electrical injury has not been previously reported in the literature.
