title: The overlooked side of convulsion: bilateral posterior fracture and dislocation of proximal humerus.
abstract: Injuries after an epileptic convulsion have been seen commonly such as burns, head injury and dislocation of the extremities. But fractures of the extremities due to convulsion are rare. External trauma mechanism is not necessary for extremity fractures. Muscle contractions can cause increased load on the skeleton and it can be complicated by dislocation andor fracture of extremities. Almost 1-4% of all the shoulder dislocations are posterior. In this case report we present a 32 year old male patient who had bilateral posterior fracture and dislocation of proximal humerus after convulsion. We would like to emphasize that it is so important to make systemic examination and evaluation of the patients who were admitted to emergency department after epileptic convulsion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yigit
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mus State Hospital, Mus, Turkey.
authors.forename: Asli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yigit
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kenan Ahmet
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Turkdogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications*; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Convulsiyon, Bilateral posterior fracture, Dislocation of proximal humerus.