Name
TORTICOLIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. CONGENITAL - CONGENITAL TORTICOLIS OR WRYNECK - CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES LIKE KLIPPEL FEIL DEFORMITY 2. ACQUIRED A. ACUTE - EXPOSUTE TO COLD - POSITIONAL - INTRACEREBRAL & SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE - CEREBRAL TUMOR B. INFECTIVE - REFLEX SPASM DUE TO ADENITIS FROM OTITIS MEDIA , TONSILITIS ETC - ABSCESS IN NECK C. TRAUMATIC - FRACTURE OF CERVICAL SPINE - DISLOCATION OF CERVICAL SPINE SUBLUXATION OF CERVICAL SPINE - STRAIN OF CERVICAL SPINE - INJURIES OF MUSCLES & SOFT TISSUE D. DEGENERATIVE - AC PAINFUL EPISODES IN CERVICAL SPONDYLITIS E. MALIGNANT - MULTIPLE MYELOMA - PRIMARY OR METASTATIC NEOPLASM F. ACUTE SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS - MANINGITIS - TYPHUS - BRAIN ABSCESS - POLIOMYELITIS - PSITTACOSIS - ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS ( SANDFLY FEVER ) - LEPTOSPIROSIS - TETANUS G. HYSTERIA H. CHRONIC - CERVICAL SPONDYLITIS - CHR JUVENILE ARTHRITIS ( STILL DISEASE ) - RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - ANKYLOSING ARTHRITIS - OTHER SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES - TUBERCULOSIS OF CERVICAL SPINE - POST TRAUMATIC UNTREATED FRACTURE - CONTRACTURES FOLLOWING BURN , NERVE INJURY ETC
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
X-RAY CERVICAL VERTIBRAE A.P. & LAT. VIEW, CT SCAN HEAD, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CSF EXAMINATION, CT SCAN