Meza RFG, Rodríguez CLC

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Lightning is defined as an electrical discharge in the atmosphere that is momentary and transitory which length is measured in kilometers. On the other hand, fulguration is related the biological effects produced by the atmospheric electricity. In this report, two simultaneous cases of lightning strikes are presented. The individuals survived and the pathognomonic Lichtenberg´s figures were presented. Special emphasis is placed in the external lesions by the struck of lightning in order to help the legal-medical evaluation.

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