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. 1988 Jun;64(752):450–452. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.752.450

Bilateral dislocation of the shoulders due to nocturnal hypoglycaemia.

J C Litchfield 1, V Y Subhedar 1, D G Beevers 1, H T Patel 1
PMCID: PMC2428863  PMID: 3211824

Abstract

A young insulin-dependent diabetic awoke with apparently spontaneous bilateral anterior dislocation of his shoulders. The most likely explanation was nocturnal hypoglycaemia. Similar case reports describing this complication have not been discovered.

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