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Cerebellar atrophy due to recurrent electrical injury as the result of torture
NB Kipke, R Brüning, PP Urban · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2014 · Heft 03
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We report on a 26-year-old male Libyan who was imprisoned over a 28-day period in Libya, where he was beaten and tortured with electrical current of 380 V several times a day. The cable was attached to the median upper back. The electrical shocks frequently caused loss of consciousness, and after release from prison the patient was neither able to stand or walk, nor speak and swallow without regurgitation, especially after the intake of fluids. Over the past two years the symptoms improved slightly. Both the patient's medical history before imprisonment and the family history revealed no prior neurological or ps…
Schlagworte
Atrophy
Ataxia
After
Lightning Injuries
Consciousness
Depression
Attention
Lightning
Anxiety
Klinische Neurophysiologie
