Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis
People having an epileptic crisis present to the hospital with an altered mental status and generalised fatigue. The most common orthopaedic pathology associated to epilepsy is the undiagnosed posterior shoulder dislocation. These same patients often complain from back pain that is often neglected a...
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| description | People having an epileptic crisis present to the hospital with an altered mental status and generalised fatigue.
The most common orthopaedic pathology associated to epilepsy is the undiagnosed posterior shoulder dislocation.
These same patients often complain from back pain that is often neglected and misdiagnosed as muscular contracture following the epilepsy crisis.
We describe here the case of a patient who presented after here epilepsy crisis with back pain. Investigations revealed an uncommon burst fracture that needed a surgical treatment.
Conclusion. Back pain after an epileptic crisis should be investigated more seriously with an adequate clinical examination and a minimum of a radiography of the back. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ebd8f19264d4817a1ac1fd128b4ee452025-02-03T06:14:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572011-01-01201110.1155/2011/726373726373Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic CrisisAkiki Alian0Traumatology Department, Hopital du Chablais, 1870 Monthey, SwitzerlandPeople having an epileptic crisis present to the hospital with an altered mental status and generalised fatigue. The most common orthopaedic pathology associated to epilepsy is the undiagnosed posterior shoulder dislocation. These same patients often complain from back pain that is often neglected and misdiagnosed as muscular contracture following the epilepsy crisis. We describe here the case of a patient who presented after here epilepsy crisis with back pain. Investigations revealed an uncommon burst fracture that needed a surgical treatment. Conclusion. Back pain after an epileptic crisis should be investigated more seriously with an adequate clinical examination and a minimum of a radiography of the back.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/726373 |
| spellingShingle | Akiki Alian Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis |
| title_full | Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis |
| title_fullStr | Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis |
| title_short | Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis |
| title_sort | uncommon t12 burst fracture after an epileptic crisis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/726373 |
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