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Trauma Cases and Reviews ISSN: 2469-5777

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Jaya TS, Hadizie D, Muzaffar TMS (2019) Isolated Avulsion Fracture Lesser Tuberosity of the Humerus, a Rare Presentation Post Seizure. Trauma Cases Rev 5:078. doi.org/10.23937/2469-5777/1510078

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© 2019 Jaya TS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2469-5777/1510078

Isolated Avulsion Fracture Lesser Tuberosity of the Humerus, a Rare Presentation Post Seizure

Jaya TS1*, Hadizie D2 and TMS Muzaffar3

1Medical Officer, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

2Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

3Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Abstract

Isolated humeral lesser tuberosity fracture is rare and is usually associated with fractures of the proximal humerus. Trauma precedes most reported cases. We report a isolated fractured lesser tuberosity occurring in a gentleman post seizure. Open reduction and internal fixation was performed. Functional outcome was successful, and the patient regained his normal pain-free shoulder function 3 months surgery.