BILATERAL FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE SHO ULDER FOLLOWING A CONVULSIVE SEIZURE - A CASE-REPORT

Fractures can occur during violent muscular violence such as occur in the course of epileptic seizures, though this is rare (0.3%). The prox imal part of the humerus is most frequently affected. The typical lesi on is bilateral posterior dislocation or fracture-dislocation. We pres ent a rare case of bilateral anterior fracture-dislocation of the shou lder sustained as the result of an epileptic fit. The treatment given was open reduction, refixation of the anterior labrum and screw fixati on of the fragments. A review of the literature revealed only 18 cases of bilateral anterior dislocations caused by convulsive seizures.