Acute rhabdomyolysis of the soleus muscle induced by a lightning strike: Magnetic resonance and scintigraphic findings

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Watanabe, Naofumi ^a   Inaoka, Tsutomu ^a   Shuke, Noriyuki ^a   Takahashi, Koji ^a   Aburano, Tamio ^a   Chisato, Naoyuki ^a   Nochi, Hitoshi ^a   Go, Kazutomo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Lightning; MR imaging; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHTNING; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249900443     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0247-5     Document Type: Article

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