Asymmetric Bilateral Shoulder Dislocation Involving a Luxatio Erecta Dislocation

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We present the unusual case of posttraumatic asymmetric bilateral shoulder dislocations in a woman in her late 70s—an inferior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint (luxatio erecta) in the right shoulder and an anterior dislocation in the left shoulder. Bilateral shoulder dislocations and luxatio erecta dislocations are both rare by themselves, with only a few reported cases of each. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of asymmetrical bilateral shoulder dislocations involving a luxatio erecta dislocation.