Neuronal desertification after a direct lightning strike: a case report.

Erik Roman-PognuzEdoardo MoroElisabetta MacchiniEdoardo Di PaoloKenneth PesentiUmberto LucangeloRossana BussaniElisa BaratellaTommaso PellisGiuseppe Ristagno

Published in: Journal of medical case reports (2022)

This case study illustrates severe brain injury caused by a direct lighting strike, with the patient presenting an extraordinary microscopic pattern of neuronal desertification.

Keyphrases

brain injury
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage
case report
early onset
blood brain barrier
drug induced