High-Voltage Electrical Burn of the Skull Causing Thrombosis of the Superior Sagittal Sinus elec. inj.

Patients

• One child (younger than 14 years), United States

Endpoint

• burns
• current marks/necrosis
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• cardiovascular effects: thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, high voltage ≥ 1.5 kV DC, personal
• power transmission line
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely