title: Fractures due to hypocalcemic convulsion.
abstract: We report on two cases of patients in whom hypocalcemic seizures during hemodialysis led to right scapular body fracture in one and bilateral femoral neck fractures in the other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Akdeniz, School of Medicine, Kepez, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gür
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tüzüner
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Süleymanlar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications*; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries*