@article{ref1,
title="Delayed esophageal perforation following lightning strike: a case report and review of the literature",
journal="Journal of medical case reports",
year="2012",
author="Figgis, Patricia and Alvarez, George",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="244-244",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Lightning is the second most common storm-related cause of death. The mortality following lightning strike is 10% to 30% and a large proportion of these people suffer cardiopulmonary arrest at the time of the strike. Much less commonly, solid organ injuries occur from either primary or secondary blunt force trauma. CASE PRESENTATION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report in the literature of an isolated esophageal rupture caused by lightning strike blunt force trauma, occurring in a 79-year-old Caucasian man. CONCLUSIONS: Solid organ injuries are often under appreciated in lightning strikes. Blast injury to patients by lightning strikes should prompt clinicians to search for occult organ injury.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-1947",
doi="10.1186/1752-1947-6-244",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-244"
}