Hematoma of Brainstem Post Electrization: About a Case and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Electric current remains one of the most deleterious physical agents on nervous tissue. Cerebral hemorrhages secondary to an electrification accident by low-voltage electric current are very rarely reported in the literature and are often the prerogative of children. We report a case of ponto-bulbar hemorrhage by low voltage electric current in Abidjan,