title: [Bilateral shoulder fractures following generalized seizure].
abstract: A 37 year-old man with bilateral shoulder fractures and posterior dislocation of one shoulder following a tonic-clonic seizure is presented. The seizure was most likely caused by alcohol withdrawal. The diagnosis was not suspected initially. X-ray and CT-scan led to the diagnosis. The relevant literature is reviewed with special focus on causes, trauma mechanisms, symptoms and signs and the pitfalls responsible for missing the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: H:S Bispebjerg Hospital, neurologisk afdeling N.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kollerup
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed