Focal lingual dystonia, urinary incontinence, and sensory deficits secondary to low voltage electrocution: case report and literature review

Neurological and neurourological complications of electrical injuries

“…Dystonia is a rare consequence of electrocution: only 10 cases of dystonia secondary to low-voltage electrical injury have been published [16]. They include lingual involvement (two cases) [73], upper limb involvement (five cases) [74], lower limb involvement (one case) [16], and torticollis (two cases) [75]. The pathophysiological mechanisms of electrocution-induced dystonia remain unknown, but it is mainly considered to be a form of trauma-induced movement disorder [16].…”

Primary focal lingual dystonia

“…6 PFLD should be differentiated from paroxysmal disorders of the tongue that are not task-specific and not associated with speaking. 7,8 In the cases reported (n ϭ 3), the spasms of the tongue were unilateral, tonic, lasted less than 1 minute, were not clearly associated with precipitants (such as speech), and an underlying etiology could not be determined.…”

“…SSR from the hand and sole and RRIV during normal and deep breathing were performed using standard methods. 6,7 Comparisons were made between two PD subgroups: patients with Ն mean SCOPA-AUT group score and patients with Յ mean score. Our PD patients (50% male; age, 66.7 Ϯ 13.6; onset, 60.5 Ϯ 13.3; UPDRS total, 49.9 Ϯ 15.5; HY, 2.57 Ϯ 0.68) had a mean SCOPA-AUT score of 17.4 Ϯ 7.4.…”

A method to establish a mouse model of bone marrow microenvironment injury

“…The actual damage of the current via electric shock injury can be divided into local and systemic effects. Lee and Astumian proposed two mechanisms of local damage: (1) thermal damage of heat in Joules in the current path and (2) the direct destructive effect of the current via the electrode structure [ 1 , 15 ], The current through the body can change the balance of ions in cells, produce electrophoresis, induce an electro-osmosis reaction, and alter cell morphology[ 5 , 7 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Thus, the heart, skeletal muscle, brain, bone, and other tissues exhibit various pathological changes [ 8 , 19 , 28 , 29 ].…”