Bilateral anterior glenohumeral dislocation and coracoid processes fracture after seizure: acute MRI findings of this rare association.
We report a rare case of bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation associated with coracoid processes fracture after a seizure episode in a 37-year-old woman. This combination of findings is rare, especially by the presence of bilateral coracoid processes fracture. Possible mechanisms related are direct trauma of humeral heads over the coracoid processes or sudden pull of biceps short head attachment site during uncontrolled contractures. Few reports published similar combination of injuries, and to our knowledge, this is the first to demonstrate its acute features by magnetic resonance imaging. A review of the literature is also presented.
Departamento de Radiologia Musculoesquelética, Hospital do Coração (HCor) and Teleimagem, São Paulo, Brazil; Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Electronic address: tanejamsk@gmail.com.
Atul Kumar
AK
Taneja
Luis
L
Pecci Neto
Abdalla
A
Skaf
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications*; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries
Coracoid process; Fracture; MRI; Seizure; Shoulder dislocation