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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec;118(12):1067-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00113-015-0040-9.

[Epileptic seizure-induced vertebral body fractures]

[Article in German]
A Ladurner  1 , T Forster  2 , F A Külling  2
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Case Reports

[Epileptic seizure-induced vertebral body fractures]

[Article in German]
A Ladurner et al. Unfallchirurg. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

In the literature epilepsy is described as the most common cause of generalized seizures. Vertebral body fractures are a rare complication of epileptic convulsions, occurring with an incidence of 3%. We present the case of a 37-year-old healthy patient, who sustained contiguous fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine during the first manifestation of epilepsy with primary localized and then secondary generalized epileptic seizures. A complication-free outcome was achieved with a combination of conservative and operative therapies.

Keywords: Conservative therapy; Course; Differential diagnosis; Epilepsy; Operative therapy.

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