General Description of Pediatric Acute Wryneck Condition
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At least 80 causes of torticollis have been documented in the literature [1]. Acutely developed torticollis may mask severe pathology requiring treatment including surgical one. First of all, it is necessary to rule out trauma as well as the destructive process of tumoral or inflammatory nature. General differential-and-diagnostic algorithms required for examination of children with torticollis have been proposed (Fig. 1).
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تاریخ انتشار 2012