title: Bilateral simultaneous femoral neck fractures secondary to a post-infarct generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Third Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. hyyuksel@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Halil Yalçin
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hapa
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kürklü
mesh_terms: 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