Background: Patients with epilepsy have a higher risk of skeletal injuries, and some of these fractures occur in the spine during a seizure. Seizure-induced spinal fractures (SISF) are unusual injuries that typically occur in the thoracolumbar spine. Because these skeletal injuries are not well described in the literature, this article aims to analyze the characteristics of this uncommon clinical entity.
Methods: A PubMed and Scopus search adhering to preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines was performed to include studies reporting patients with SISF. The data gathered from this review were analyzed to characterize this condition.
Results: The search yielded 34 articles with a total of 38 patients with SISF. All studies were case reports (level 5 evidence). Most fractures occurred in the thoracic and lumbar spine, and the most common injuries were type A1 and A4 fractures according to the AO spine classification system. Different characteristics of SISF are described including demographics, clinical findings, imaging, and treatment.
Conclusions: SISF should be ruled out in patients who have a recent history of seizures and who report persistent dorsolumbar pain or neurological deficit. SISF usually occurs in the thoracolumbar spine and less frequently in the cervical spine. This review shows that different patterns of neurological deficits, some of them severe, may occur in approximately a quarter of patients with SISF.
Clinical Relevance: This study provides awareness of an uncommon spine condition. Physicians should suspect SISF in patients with persistent dorsolumbar pain after a seizure.
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