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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Mar 2017
Variations in otological presentation of lightning strike victims: Clinical report of 3 patients.
- Erbil Kılıç, Hakan Genç, Ümit Aydın, Burak Aşık, and Bülent Satar.
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Gülhane Military Medicine Academy, Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey. kilic_erbil@yahoo.com.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2017 Mar 1; 23 (2): 163-166.
AbstractLightning strike can cause fatal or nonfatal injuries. Some nonfatal injuries are associated with otological symptoms and findings. Conductive hearing loss due to rupture of the tympanic membrane is the most common audiovestibular lesion of lightning strike. Various forms of sensorineural hearing loss and dizziness have also been reported. Presently described are 3 cases of lightning strike injury. First patient had mid-frequency hearing loss in right ear and high frequency sensorineural hearing loss in left ear. Second patient had high frequency sensorineural hearing loss in left ear, and the third had peripheral facial palsy with perilymphatic fistula on same side. This is the first documented case of mid-frequency hearing loss occurring after lightning strike.
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