Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Diseases

Banwari Meel

Publications

• Case Report
  An Unusual Case of Lightning in the Transkei Region of South Africa: A Case Report
  Author(s): Banwari MeelBanwari Meel
  
  Background: A fern pattern on the skin of a victim of lightning strike is a rare, but pathognomic finding. Forensic pathologists who are not trained in this specialty might attach little medico-legal importance to such a cutaneous lesion as a result of lightning. Objective: To highlight an unusual case of lightning in the Transkei region of South Africa. Case history: ZG, a 25 year old woman, suffered a filigree burn caused by a lightning strike in 2000. She has a permanent superficial rare burn of a feathering variety on the antero-lateral aspect of her right leg. It resembles a ‘fern pattern’ in appearance. At the time of the lightning strike she was in a rondavel and lucky to escape. She was admitted to Mthatha General Hospital where she was unconscious for two days. She was brought to the hospital by police.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0427.1000272

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