ArticleBMJ case reports2019
Bilateral acetabular fractures induced by an epileptic seizure in a paediatric patient: a unique case and its management.
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- A rare seizure: A case of seizure-induced central acetabular fracture-dislocation in a patient with chronic kidney disease and hepatitis-B.Trauma case reports · 2026Article
- Modified Stoppa Approach for ORIF of a Paediatric Transverse Acetabular Fracture: Case Report and Systematic Review of Internal Fixation in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Management and Outcomes of Bilateral Acetabular Fractures: A Critical Review of the Literature.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2022Review
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Abstract
Bilateral acetabular fractures following epileptic seizures are a rare but known occurrence in adults, with an 18.5% mortality rate. These fractures occurring post epileptic seizures have not been previously documented in children. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy who presented to hospital via ambulance following two violent generalised tonic-clonic seizures in a postictal state, metabolically acidotic and a low haemoglobin. Acute abdomen was suspected and the patient underwent a CT scan which showed bilateral acetabular fractures with central dislocations of both femoral heads and free fluid in the abdomen. The patient underwent initial damage control intervention with insertion of bilateral distal femur skeletal traction. Definitive fixation of the acetabular fractures occurred 1 week later with an open reduction internal fixation with novel supra-pectineal plates using a Pfannenstiel incision. We use this report to increase awareness of significant pelvic injuries in paediatric patients post epileptic seizures.
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