Bilateral simultaneous femoral neck fractures secondary to a post-infarct generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A case report.
Bilateral femoral neck fractures are generally associated with high-energy trauma or defects in bone metabolism. We present a patient who had not been subjected to high-energy trauma and in whom there was no bone metabolism disorder.
Yüksel
Halil Yalçin
HY
Third Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. hyyuksel@hotmail.com
Hapa
Onur
O
Can
Murat
M
Kürklü
Mustafa
M
D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography