Pitfall of stiff shoulder: inveterated posterior dislocation.
The authors relate the observation of an inveterated bilateral posterior dislocation, occurring during a generalized epileptic attack and mimicking a painful stiff shoulder. The clinical signs (i.e. aetiologic circumstances causing a forced internal rotation, limitation or absence of external rotation) and radiological data, especially the necessity of a profile X-ray, which lead to the diagnostic are reiterated. The interest of computerized tomography in the pre-operative assessment is underscored.
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Department of Rheumatology, Bellevue Hospital, Saint Etienne, France.
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Bouvier
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D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed