Neglected Bilateral Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Following Epileptic Seizure: A Case Report and Literature Review. 2020

Konstantinos Raptis, and Christos Koutserimpas, and Kalliopi Alpantaki, and Stefanos Kaiafas, and Emmanouil Fandridis, and Dimitrios Bourlos
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "251" Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens.

Anterior shoulder dislocations following an epileptic event are considered rare. An extremely rare case of a 41 year old female suffering from bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation with concomitant greater tuberosities fractures after an epileptic seizure is presented. The patient presented to the out-patient orthopaedic clinic due to persistent pain and restriction of shoulders movement, 4 weeks after an epileptic seizure. Clinical examination and radiological evaluation established the diagnosis of bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation with concomitant greater tuberosities fractures. Closed reduction was performed under general anesthesia. There are 12 such cases in the literature, including the present one. Thirty percent of these cases had a delayed diagnosis. It is of paramount importance to have a high clinical suspicion for myoskeletal injuries and especially for shoulder dislocations following an epileptic episode, even in the absence of a traumatic event.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012640 Seizures Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder." Absence Seizure,Absence Seizures,Atonic Absence Seizure,Atonic Seizure,Clonic Seizure,Complex Partial Seizure,Convulsion,Convulsions,Convulsive Seizure,Convulsive Seizures,Epileptic Seizure,Epileptic Seizures,Generalized Absence Seizure,Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures,Jacksonian Seizure,Myoclonic Seizure,Non-Epileptic Seizure,Nonepileptic Seizure,Partial Seizure,Seizure,Seizures, Convulsive,Seizures, Focal,Seizures, Generalized,Seizures, Motor,Seizures, Sensory,Tonic Clonic Seizure,Tonic Seizure,Tonic-Clonic Seizure,Atonic Absence Seizures,Atonic Seizures,Clonic Seizures,Complex Partial Seizures,Convulsion, Non-Epileptic,Generalized Absence Seizures,Myoclonic Seizures,Non-Epileptic Seizures,Nonepileptic Seizures,Partial Seizures,Petit Mal Convulsion,Seizures, Auditory,Seizures, Clonic,Seizures, Epileptic,Seizures, Gustatory,Seizures, Olfactory,Seizures, Somatosensory,Seizures, Tonic,Seizures, Tonic-Clonic,Seizures, Vertiginous,Seizures, Vestibular,Seizures, Visual,Single Seizure,Tonic Seizures,Tonic-Clonic Seizures,Absence Seizure, Atonic,Absence Seizure, Generalized,Absence Seizures, Atonic,Absence Seizures, Generalized,Auditory Seizure,Auditory Seizures,Clonic Seizure, Tonic,Clonic Seizures, Tonic,Convulsion, Non Epileptic,Convulsion, Petit Mal,Convulsions, Non-Epileptic,Focal Seizure,Focal Seizures,Generalized Seizure,Generalized Seizures,Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures,Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure,Gustatory Seizure,Gustatory Seizures,Motor Seizure,Motor Seizures,Non Epileptic Seizure,Non Epileptic Seizures,Non-Epileptic Convulsion,Non-Epileptic Convulsions,Olfactory Seizure,Olfactory Seizures,Partial Seizure, Complex,Partial Seizures, Complex,Seizure, Absence,Seizure, Atonic,Seizure, Atonic Absence,Seizure, Auditory,Seizure, Clonic,Seizure, Complex Partial,Seizure, Convulsive,Seizure, Epileptic,Seizure, Focal,Seizure, Generalized,Seizure, Generalized Absence,Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic,Seizure, Gustatory,Seizure, Jacksonian,Seizure, Motor,Seizure, Myoclonic,Seizure, Non-Epileptic,Seizure, Nonepileptic,Seizure, Olfactory,Seizure, Partial,Seizure, Sensory,Seizure, Single,Seizure, Somatosensory,Seizure, Tonic,Seizure, Tonic Clonic,Seizure, Tonic-Clonic,Seizure, Vertiginous,Seizure, Vestibular,Seizure, Visual,Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic,Seizures, Nonepileptic,Sensory Seizure,Sensory Seizures,Single Seizures,Somatosensory Seizure,Somatosensory Seizures,Tonic Clonic Seizures,Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Generalized,Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Generalized,Vertiginous Seizure,Vertiginous Seizures,Vestibular Seizure,Vestibular Seizures,Visual Seizure,Visual Seizures
D012783 Shoulder Dislocation Displacement of the HUMERUS from the SCAPULA. Glenohumeral Dislocation,Glenohumeral Subluxation,Dislocation, Glenohumeral,Dislocation, Shoulder,Dislocations, Glenohumeral,Dislocations, Shoulder,Glenohumeral Dislocations,Glenohumeral Subluxations,Shoulder Dislocations,Subluxation, Glenohumeral,Subluxations, Glenohumeral
D012784 Shoulder Fractures Fractures of the proximal humerus, including the head, anatomic and surgical necks, and tuberosities. Humeral Fractures, Proximal,Humeral Head Fracture,Humeral Head Fracture Dislocation,Greater Tuberosity Fractures,Fracture, Greater Tuberosity,Fracture, Humeral Head,Fracture, Proximal Humeral,Fracture, Shoulder,Fractures, Shoulder,Greater Tuberosity Fracture,Head Fracture, Humeral,Humeral Fracture, Proximal,Humeral Head Fractures,Proximal Humeral Fracture,Proximal Humeral Fractures,Shoulder Fracture

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