Neurológia pre prax 4/2013
A rare cause of torticollis in a 4 year old boy
Torticollis in a broader sense is a term for abnormal head posture and is a non-specific symptom of diseases with various etiology. Cause of abnormal head posture may be different in mechanisms of origin as well as localization of primary changes and depends on the patient‘s age category. Case report describes a 4 year old boy with severe fixed torticollis in coincidence with the local inflammation in the middle ear region.
Keywords: torticollis, antlanto-axial subluxation, Grisel´s syndrom, cervical dystonia, childhood.
