Hemihyperplasia is a kind of regional body growth asymmetry and can be symptom several congenital disorders tumorous conditions. Torticollis most commonly caused by asymmetric hypertrophy the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Herein, we report case hemihyperplasia in an infant with ipsilateral torticollis. The baby was evaluated using physical examination ultrasonography. We observed significant righ...

BACKGROUND Clinical experience suggests infants with torticollis are at risk for developmental delay. AIMS To examine gross motor (GM) skills at presentation in infants with torticollis; report first-year GM and cognitive outcomes; examine relationship between types of torticollis and above outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Prospective follow-up study. SUBJECTS Infants referred to 2 regional child d...

Acquired torticollis is not a separate disease rather warning sign of an underlying disorder. The etiology in children quite wide. Hematogenous osteomyelitis the first cervical vertebra (the atlas) extremely rare and potentially dangerous pathology. aim to acquaint physicians different specialties with condition – acute hematogenous atlas. Case Report. A case 7-year-old boy presented. An import...

Tests of postural rotational laterality were carried out in 63 patients suffering from torticollis (53) or torsion dystonia with torticollis (10) and in 33 normal subjects. There was a correlation between the predominant direction of postural functions and the direction of the rotatory component of torticollis. Torticollis and torsion dystonia may be due to the release of a postural rotational ...

objective: torticollis is a symptom that can be related to different pathological mechanisms ranging from simple to life-threatening conditions. here we report a child with torticollis caused by a neuroenteric cyst in the upper cervical region; this is a very rare condition in childhood and  in this case, it was successfully resolved by surgery. clinical presentation: a 2.5 year old boy present...

Torticollis is an usual symptom that can be the result of various disorders, such as sternocleidomastoid muscle pathology, bony abnormalities of the cervical spine, disorders of the central or peripheral nervous system, various ocular diseases, and brain tumors, especially in children. A 12-month-old male visited our hospital because of torticollis. He was normal on systemic examination, with n...

The pathophysiology of idiopathic dystonic torticollis is unclear and there is no simple test that confirms the diagnosis and excludes a psychogenic or voluntary torticollis in individual patients. We recorded EMG activity in the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and splenius capitis (SPL) muscles of eight patients with rotational torticollis and eight age-matched controls, and analysed the signals in ...

Sternocleidomastoid muscle fibrosis has been recognized for centuries, but its pathogenesis and treatment remains controversial. Pseudotumor of infancy is a firm fibrous mass in the sternocleidomastoid muscle appearing at 2 to 3 weeks of age. Congenital muscular torticollis is less common and appears later in life. Pseudotumor and congenital muscular torticollis probably represent different man...

Unilateral congenital sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) contracture causing torticollis is well known. Although the unilateral muscular torticollis is quite often recognized, a bilateral contracture of SCM muscle is very rare. A review of the literature showed only three cases of bilateral congenital torticollis reported over the last two decades. We present a case report of a boy with congenita...

Congenital torticollis is most commonly caused by sternomastoid contracture. Aplasia of sternomastoid muscle causing congenital torticollis, though rare, has been reported. However the association of cerebellar hypoplasia with sternomastoid aplasia is extremely rare. The authors describe a case of congenital torticollis due to absence of the left sternomastoid with ipsilateral cerebellar hypopl...