Diseases

Torticollis

A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.

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A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.

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  • Wryneck
  • Cervical Dystonia
  • Spasmodic Torticollis
  • Torticollis, Intermittent
  • Torticollis, Psychogenic
  • Cervical Dystonias
  • Dystonia, Cervical
  • Dystonias, Cervical
  • Intermittent Torticollis
  • Psychogenic Torticollis
  • Torticollis, Spasmodic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Torticollis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014103. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014103
  2. Torticollis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torticollis
  3. Torticollis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615363