Electrical injury: an unusual cause of pneumothorax and a review of literature.
Electrical injuries are a common occurrence and can be minor or even fatal depending on the voltage to which an individual has been exposed to. Electrical current causes tissue damage by producing heat due to local tissue resistance. Serious electrocution may manifest with cutaneous burns, visceral injuries, organ perforation, and cardiac and respiratory effects. Pneumothorax as a complication of electrical injury is a very rare entity. We report one such case of electrical burn injury with right-sided pneumothorax as an immediate complication.
['Handa|Ajay|A|', 'Tendolkar|Manjit Sharad|MS|http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-8348', 'Singh|Sarvinder|S|', 'Gupta|Prakash N|PN|']
D000328:Adult D002058:Burns, Electric D002637:Chest Pain D003371:Cough D004417:Dyspnea D006801:Humans D008297:Male D011030:Pneumothorax D013902:Radiography, Thoracic D000069258:Thoracentesis D035423:Thoracic Cavity D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed D016896:Treatment Outcome
pneumothorax trauma