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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · May 2007
Case ReportsLightning strike: a rare cause of bilateral ossicular disruption.
- C Offiah, M Heran, and D Graeb.
- Department of Neuroradiology, St. Bartholomew and the Royal London Hospitals, West Smithfield, London, UK. curtisoffiah@yahoo.co.uk
- AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 May 1;28(5):974-5.
AbstractOtologic injury associated with fatal and nonfatal lightning strikes has been sporadically reported in the literature. The most common acoustic insult is a conductive hearing loss secondary to rupture of the tympanic membrane. Although conjecture has been made of the theoretic possibility of ossicular injury from lightning strike, to our knowledge, none has been demonstrated intraoperatively or postmortem. We report the first documented case of ossicular disruption in a lightning-strike victim.
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