title: Unusual fractures during convulsions in two patients with renal osteodystrophy.
abstract: Two men undergoing chronic hemodialysis sustained unusual fractures during grand mal convulsions. Both patients showed radiologic evidence of renal osteodystrophy. In one, the fractures involved both femoral necks. In the other, a comminuted fracture occurred in the inferior portion of the left scapula.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries*