Unusual skin injury from lightning elec. inj.

Patients

• 4 adults and children (younger than 14 years), United Kingdom

Endpoint

• burns
• current marks/necrosis
• muscle paralysis
• eye injury (cateract)
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• keraunoparalysis

Exposure

• lightning
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely