ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2015
Torticollis in children: an alert symptom not to be turned away.
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- Musculoskeletal misdiagnoses in children with brain tumors: A nationwide, multicenter case-control study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Development of a questionnaire to identify ocular torticollis.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Concurrence of Congenital Muscular Torticollis and Congenital Torticollis Due to Other Anomalies: Two Case Reports.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- A Case Report of B-cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma Presenting as Isolated Torticollis in a 2-year-old Female.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2020Article
- The Case for Comorbid Myofascial Pain-A Qualitative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst causing torticollis and gastro-oesophageal reflux in an infant.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Article
- Conservative Care of Pediatric Acquired Torticollis: A Report of 2 Cases.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2017Article
- A comparison of outcomes of asymmetry in infants with congenital muscular torticollis according to age upon starting treatment.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
- The surgical strategy for eosinophilic granuloma of the pediatric cervical spine complicated with neurologic deficit and/or spinal instability.World journal of surgical oncology · 2016Article
- An unusual case of an oesophageal foreign body presenting as torticollis.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2016Article
- Two Different Life-Threatening Cases: Presenting with Torticollis.Case reports in pediatrics · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study is to investigate the spectrum of underlying disease in children with torticollis.
methodsWe investigated the spectrum of underlying disease and to evaluate the clinical features of the children presented with torticollis in the last 2 years.
resultsOf the 20 children (13 girls and 7 boys with the mean age of 8 years, ranging 2 months-12 years), eight of them have craniospinal pathologies (cerebellar tumors in three, exophytic brain stem glioma, eosinophilic granuloma of C2 vertebra, neuroenteric cyst of the spinal cord, Chiari type 3 malformation, arachnoid cysts causing brainstem compression, and cerebellar empyema), followed by osseous origin in five (congenital vertebral anomalies including hemivertebrae, blocked vertebra, and segmentation anomalies), two muscular torticollis (soft tissue inflammation due to subclavian artery catheterization, myositis ossificans with sternocleidomastoid muscle atrophy), and ocular (congenital cataract and microphthalmia), Sandifer syndrome, paroxysmal torticollis, retropharyngeal abscess each in one patients were detected. Ten patients underwent surgery; two patients received medical therapy for reflux and benign paroxysmal torticollis; and one patient with torticollis due to muscle spasm and soft tissue inflammation was treated with physiotherapy.
conclusionsVarious underlying disorders from relatively benign to life-threatening conditions may present with torticollis. The first step should be always a careful and complete physical examination, which must include all systems. Imaging must be performed for ruling out underlying life-threatening diseases in children with torticollis, particularly, if acquired neurological symptoms exist. Besides craniospinal tumors, ophthalmological problems and central nervous system infections should also be kept in mind. Moreover, early diagnosis of these disorders will reduce mortality and morbidity. Therefore, alertness of clinicians in pediatric and pediatric neurosurgery practice must be increased about this alert symptom.
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