Citation

Saddler MC, Thomas JE. Cent. Afr. J. Med. 1990; 36(6): 161-162.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Central African Journal of Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2124515

Abstract

Lightning is a significant cause of mortality in Zimbabwe. The same study showed that 21 per cent of fatal lightning strikes occurred with victims inside a hut. We report a case who survived a severe lightning strike with unusual features of a temporary bulbar palsy.

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