Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure

Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure

Fractures may occur after an episode of seizures. Although rare, with a high index of suspicion and proper physical examination, delay of diagnosis and treatment can be avoided. We report a case of near missed bilateral proximal humerus fracture after an episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure....

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Main Authors: Christabel K, Dazlin Masdiana Sabardin, Tan, Toh Leong
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10855/
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spelling ukm-108552017-10-12T21:27:53Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10855/ Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure Christabel K, Dazlin Masdiana Sabardin, Tan, Toh Leong Fractures may occur after an episode of seizures. Although rare, with a high index of suspicion and proper physical examination, delay of diagnosis and treatment can be avoided. We report a case of near missed bilateral proximal humerus fracture after an episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A 58-year-old lady with a background history of epilepsy complained of generalized body ache after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure which happened few hours before presentation to our Emergency Department. On assessment, she was in pain and unable to move all four limbs. After given analgesia, patient was reassessed whereby she complained of bilateral shoulder stiffness and pain. Examination of the upper limbs revealed restricted range of movement in all directions with no shoulder squaring. X-ray showed bilateral proximal humerus fracture. Proximal humeral fractures rarely occur by itself following seizures; they are almost always associated with dislocation of the glenohumeral joint. Penerbit UKM 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10855/1/21_christabel_et_al_pdf_50917.pdf Christabel K, and Dazlin Masdiana Sabardin, and Tan, Toh Leong (2016) Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure. Medicine & Health, 11 (2). pp. 308-312. ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/11/2
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description Fractures may occur after an episode of seizures. Although rare, with a high index of suspicion and proper physical examination, delay of diagnosis and treatment can be avoided. We report a case of near missed bilateral proximal humerus fracture after an episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A 58-year-old lady with a background history of epilepsy complained of generalized body ache after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure which happened few hours before presentation to our Emergency Department. On assessment, she was in pain and unable to move all four limbs. After given analgesia, patient was reassessed whereby she complained of bilateral shoulder stiffness and pain. Examination of the upper limbs revealed restricted range of movement in all directions with no shoulder squaring. X-ray showed bilateral proximal humerus fracture. Proximal humeral fractures rarely occur by itself following seizures; they are almost always associated with dislocation of the glenohumeral joint.
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author Christabel K,
Dazlin Masdiana Sabardin,
Tan, Toh Leong
spellingShingle Christabel K,
Dazlin Masdiana Sabardin,
Tan, Toh Leong
Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
author_facet Christabel K,
Dazlin Masdiana Sabardin,
Tan, Toh Leong
author_sort Christabel K,
title Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
title_short Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
title_full Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
title_fullStr Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
title_full_unstemmed Shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
title_sort shake till you break – bilateral neck of humerus fracture post seizure
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10855/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10855/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10855/1/21_christabel_et_al_pdf_50917.pdf
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