Cerebral corticospinal tract injury resulting from high-voltage electrical shock

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Jun;29(6):1142-3. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1009. Epub 2008 Mar 27.

Abstract

Electrical injuries are becoming more common and are increasingly imaged with advanced technologies, such as MR imaging. However, the MR imaging findings of such injuries remain largely unstudied. We report a high-voltage electrical injury to the cerebral corticospinal tracts and document evolution on serial MR images.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Infarction / etiology*
  • Brain Infarction / pathology*
  • Electric Injuries / complications*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Pyramidal Tracts / injuries*
  • Pyramidal Tracts / pathology*