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Unilateral perihilar opacification caused by lightning

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The chest radiographs of two children struck by lightning showed right perihilar opacification. The radiographs were taken 2 h and 5 h after the event respectively. To our knowledge no similar cases have been reported.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

    Y. Hayashi, T. Aihara, H. Takano & N. Nakashima

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

    S. Nozaki

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Hayashi, Y., Aihara, T., Takano, H. et al. Unilateral perihilar opacification caused by lightning. Pediatr Radiol 23, 559–560 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012152

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