Torticollis is a clinical diagnosis with heterogeneous causes. We present an unusual case of acquired torticollis in an 8-month-old female infant with a large cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst. Symptoms resolved after surgical fenestration. Non-traumatic acquired or new-onset torticollis requires brain imaging, and posterior fossa lesions are an important entity in the differential for pediatric clinicians.
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Pediatr Rep
April 2021
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA.
Torticollis is a clinical diagnosis with heterogeneous causes. We present an unusual case of acquired torticollis in an 8-month-old female infant with a large cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst. Symptoms resolved after surgical fenestration.
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October 2010
Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Rd, Coimbatore 641 043, Tamil Nadu, India.
Background Context: Chronic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) is uncommon as acute AARF is easily reduced either spontaneously or by conservative methods. Various anterior and posterior surgical approaches for a chronic AARF have been reported because of the difficulty encountered in obtaining reduction.
Purpose: To describe a novel technique of reduction of a chronic AARF using a temporary transverse transatlantal rod.
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