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Case Reports
. 2016 Feb 2:2016:bcr2015213489.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-213489.

Nocturnal seizure and simultaneous bilateral shoulder fracture-dislocation

Ilfita Sahbudin  1 , Andrew Filer  1
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Case Reports

Nocturnal seizure and simultaneous bilateral shoulder fracture-dislocation

Ilfita Sahbudin et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

An otherwise fit and well 27-year-old man presented with acute onset unexplained bilateral shoulder pain, and was found to have bilateral shoulder fractures and dislocations on imaging. Although features were atypical, a nocturnal seizure causing the bilateral shoulder fractures was suspected and EEG showed features compatible with epilepsy.

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Right shoulder radiograph; chronic anteroinferior dislocation and fracture through the greater tuberosity.
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Left shoulder radiograph; chronic anteroinferior dislocation and fracture through the greater tuberosity.
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Right shoulder postreconstruction.
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Left shoulder postreconstruction.
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