Spontaneous Bilateral Posterior Fracture-Dislocation of the Shoulder: Case Presentation of a Patient without any History of Trauma or Seizure

Abstract

The case of a 79-year-old patient with a spontaneous bilateral posterior fracture-dislocation is presented. There was no evident history of trauma or previous convulsive seizure. The only explanation for the spontaneous bilateral posterior dislocation of the shoulder was the anamnestic notion of a transient global amnesia. In patients with bilateral non-traumatic shoulder pain a posterior dislocation should be suspected, even in the absence of convulsion or electric shock injury.

Key words

Transient global amnesia - ”reverse” Hill-Sachs lesion - modified McLaughlin procedure - custom-made orthesis

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