PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Offiah, C.
AU  - Heran, M.
AU  - Graeb, D.
TI  - Lightning Strike: A Rare Cause of Bilateral Ossicular Disruption
DP  - 2007 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 974--975
VI  - 28
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/5/974.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/5/974.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2007 May 01; 28
AB  - SUMMARY: Otologic injury associated with fatal and nonfatal lightning strikes has been sporadically reported in the literature. The most common acoustic insult is a conductive hearing loss secondary to rupture of the tympanic membrane. Although conjecture has been made of the theoretic possibility of ossicular injury from lightning strike, to our knowledge, none has been demonstrated intraoperatively or postmortem. We report the first documented case of ossicular disruption in a lightning-strike victim.